We know climate change is fueling extreme weather, but is our warming planet to blame for Australia's worst floods in decades? Read about the torrential rain that's displaced tens of thousands of people and learn why determining the extent of its connection to climate change is tricky.
Days of torrential rain have spawned massive flooding in eastern Australia, forcing the evacuation of some 40,000 people. In the country's arid central section, it has sent waterfalls down the side of the country's majestic Uluru rocks. Barely a year after devastating bush fires burned through tens …
Experts say it’s unusual to see so many places with such high rainfall across such a wide area. But identifying the cause is complicated
Over the past three years, I’ve been working on the forthcoming report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I’m a …
CNN — After heavy rains battered northern Australia for almost a week, stunning footage has emerged of waterfalls at Uluru, the sacred sandstone monolith in the desert plains of the Northern Territory’s “Red Centre.” Videos and photos show gallons of water cascading from the bright red rock, as rain …
The deluge that’s inundating Australia’s eastern states is hampering shipments from the world’s biggest coal export terminal.
A year ago I lived through the Black Summer. I had arrived in Sydney in mid-December 2019 to collaborate with Australian researchers studying the impacts of climate change on extreme weather events. Instead of studying those events, however, I ended up experiencing them. Even in the confines of my …
