News: extreme weather

The extreme floods which devastated Spain are hitting more often. Is Australia ready for the next one?

Floods in Spain

The 鈥檚 Professor has co-authored an article in The Conversation that reveals some startling figures about the risk of extreme flooding in Australia.

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Climate change is reducing global river water quality

A review of almost 1000 studies on the effects of climate change and extreme weather events on rivers around the world has found an overall negative effect on water quality in rivers globally.

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Climate change threatens to cause 鈥榮ynchronised harvest failures鈥 across the globe, with implications for Australia鈥檚 food听security

New research shows scientists have听听to agriculture and global food production. Blind spots in climate models meant 鈥渉igh-impact but deeply-uncertain hazards鈥 were ignored. But now that the threat of 鈥渟ynchronised harvest failures鈥 has been revealed, we cannot ignore the prospect of global famine.

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Housing design for older South Aussies under the spotlight

成人大片 researchers will investigate the quality of housing for older South Australians to improve their wellbeing and resilience to extreme weather.

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Regenerating Australia screening and Dynamic Statement release event

Last Wednesday evening the University's and Environment Institute partnered to host the screening of听, as part of Sustainability Week 2022.

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Grape Growers Adapting to Climate Shifts Early

A recently published article听emphasises the importance of strong cooperative approaches to managing our water resources.

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Researchers respond to the IPCC's report that human activity is undeniably heating the planet.

The world鈥檚 leading climate scientists at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC, have warned that the prospect of limiting global warming to 1.5C will be out of reach within 12 years at current rates of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Averting disaster with UNHaRMED software

It鈥檚 an unsettling prognosis. Driven by climate change, population growth and economic development, natural hazards 鈥攕uch as the recent bushfires in Australia and the US, heatwaves in Europe, and floods in Japan鈥攚ill in coming years become an even bigger threat.

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