Blog Entries

A magical meteorological tour at UK Science Museum Archive

Earlier this year, Linden Ashcroft was partially funded by the CoE to visit the archives of the UK Science Museum in London as part of her PhD research at the University of Melbourne focussed on historical weather records in Australia

ACCESS model used to view natural variations

Continuing our Australian contribution to the international CMIP5 endeavour, we have just completed our second climate model simulation using only natural climate variations.

Extreme rainfall variability in eastern Australia

This study shows that this relationship is non-linear such that the strength of La Niña events has a far greater effect on the intensity of extreme rainfall than the strength of El Niño.

Can we attribute extreme events to global warming?

Can we ever link responsibility for a particular extreme climate event, such as the January 2013 heatwaves, to greenhouse gas emissions?

The human role in our changing climate

Sophie Lewis explains why it is now virtually certain that humans are causing climate change.

New ACCESS climate simulations from 1850-2005

Researchers within the Centre of Excellence have now completed two more climate simulations using the Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator (ACCESS) version 1.3, this time for the period 1850 to 2005 forced with increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases only.

The secret life of Antarctic Phytoplankton

Robert Johnson's 65-day expedition to the sea ice zone of the Antarctic as part of the Sea-Ice Physics & Ecosystem Experiment (SIPEX-II) Expedition yielded some exciting and potentially breakthrough findings.

CoECSS engaged in international CMIP5 experiments

Sophie Lewis will be regularly reporting on research involving the ACESS1.3 model and its role in the worldwide CMIP5 experiment.

Entry 6 - A Kansas Classic

Perfect storm conditions create the right environment for tornadoes over, where else Dorothy, Kansas.

Entry 5 - Disappointment and then... jackpot!

After a disappointing start to the day, John and Brad end up in the midst of a powerful thunderstorm with lightning strikes just 30 metres away.

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