Droughts are lasting longer in Australia, particularly in some of our most populated regions, UNSW scientists have shown. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. A study ...

Over the past decade, southern Australia has suffered numerous extreme weather and climate events, such as record-breaking heat waves, bushfires, two major droughts and even flash flooding. While ...

Climate models are now confidently projecting the world will experience a very strong El Niño weather event this year. For Australia, this Pacific Ocean phenomenon means we are likely to see hotter ...

This year’s El Niño is expected to be strong to very strong, tilting the odds toward a hotter, drier winter and spring across ...

The weather system that can bring drought, fire and flood to eastern Australia could be one of the most extreme on record.

As the effects of climate change intensify across Australia—from record-breaking heatwaves and prolonged droughts to catastrophic bushfires and floods—the nation stands at a defining crossroads.

Flash droughts are severe droughts that rapidly intensify over weeks rather than seasons, desiccating land and ravaging livelihoods without warning. As a result, governments need to treat them as a ...

Droughts are lasting longer in Australia, particularly in some of our most populated regions, UNSW scientists have shown. A study tracking not only the forces that drive drought but the damage it ...