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The world’s oceans are the hottest on record for June – and El Niño is set to turn up the heat even more
Matthew England, UNSW Sydney; Alex Sen Gupta, UNSW Sydney, and Alistair Hobday, CSIRO The world’s oceans are the…
‘Green’ home features can earn developers 18% more, then save homeowners money in the long term: new study
Tom Keel, Deakin University and Ameeta Jain, Deakin University For years, builders and developers have treated “sustainable” homes…
Can you survive inside a tornado? This scientist did by accident – he’s lucky to be alive
Perry Samson, University of Michigan Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have…
How AI can improve storm surge forecasts to help save lives
A hurricane’s storm surge can quickly inundate coastal areas. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Navid Tahvildari, Florida International University Hurricanes…
Earth is trapping much more heat than climate models forecast – and the rate has doubled in 20 years
NASA, CC BY-NC-ND Steven Sherwood, UNSW Sydney; Benoit Meyssignac, Université de Toulouse, and Thorsten Mauritsen, Stockholm University How…
Two key ingredients cause extreme storms with destructive flooding – why these downpours are happening more often
Shuang-Ye Wu, University of Dayton A powerful storm system that stalled over states from Texas to Ohio for…
That Arctic blast can feel brutally cold, but how much colder than ‘normal’ is it really?
Philadelphia Eagles fans braved temperatures in the 20s to watch their team play the New York Giants on…
‘Unprecedented’ climate extremes are everywhere. Our baselines for what’s normal will need to change
Thomas Rosenzweig/Shutterstock Milton Speer, University of Technology Sydney and Lance M Leslie, University of Technology Sydney Extreme temperature…