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New study solves 30-year-old puzzle: how is climate change affecting El Niño and La Niña?

19 May 2023

The research helps us understand how El Niño and La Niña will change as the world warms in the future.

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Smoke from the Black Summer fires could have made the triple La Nina more likely

11 May 2023

Could plumes of smoke from the Black Summer of fire have cooled regions of the Pacific and triggered a La Niña? New research suggests it’s possible.

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Two trillion tonnes of greenhouse gases, 25 billion nukes of heat: are we pushing Earth out of the Goldilocks zone?

03 May 2023

Life relies on a fine balance between energy in and energy out. But heating the world 1.2℃ means we’ve trapped an extraordinary amount of extra energy in the Earth system.

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Cyclone Ilsa just broke an Australian wind speed record. An expert explains why the science behind this is so complex

17 Apr 2023

Do record-breaking wind speeds mean a particularly catastrophic storm? Not always – and it can be tricky to get precise measurements.

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UNSW researchers excel in Royal Society of NSW Awards

08 Dec 2022

Researchers from UNSW Science receive the James Cook Medal, and awards for research and scholarly excellence.

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Think storms are getting worse? Rapid rain bursts in Sydney are 40% more intense in last 2 decades

11 Nov 2022

The growing threat of flash flooding as a result of more intense rapid rain bursts means the city needs to update its flood defences.

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Rapid rain bursts are intensifying, and climate variability can’t explain it

11 Nov 2022

The most severe sudden downpours in Sydney have intensified by 40 per cent in the last two decades.

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Flooding rains: Experts available for comment

18 Oct 2022

UNSW Sydney experts available to comment on flooding and record rain.

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UNSW experts available to advise on triple La Nina

15 Sep 2022

UNSW experts are available to comment on the recently announced third La Niña in as many years.

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A huge Atlantic ocean current is slowing down. If it collapses, La Niña could become the norm for Australia

07 Jun 2022

The collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation would profoundly alter the anatomy of the world’s oceans. New research explores the consequences.

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