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Marine heatwaves don’t just hit coral reefs. They can cause chaos on the seafloor

05 Sep 2023

Marine heatwaves aren’t just on the surface. They can be at their most destructive when they sweep along the seafloor.

'Urgent action is required’: UNSW climate expert on what’s to come as sea levels rise

02 Aug 2023

UNSW Emeritus Professor John Church speaks on sea level change while accepting the 2023 Axford Medal.

Photo of dried up river in New South Wales

If El Niño is expected, why hasn't it yet been declared in Australia?

18 Jul 2023

A UNSW Sydney scientist explains exactly how an El Niño event manifests and why it can be difficult to predict.

A career dedicated to sea level research

17 Jul 2023

Emeritus Professor John Church has been awarded the 2023 Prince Albert I Medal for his outstanding contribution to sea level research and insights into climate change.

Dry, cracked earth stretching to the horizon with blue sky and clouds

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.

satellite image of bushfire smoke off eastern australia

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.

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.

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.

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.

Very ominous and dark rain clouds move in over the Sydney Harbour Bridge on an otherwise sunny day

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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