This term describes dramatic swings between different kinds of extreme weather.
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An expert explains the different types of drought and what happens when they combine with heatwaves.
Australia’s weather extremes are increasingly arriving back-to-back in a ‘weather whiplash’.
Salmon have faced a boom-bust cycle for years. Making their recovery last longer will require some big changes, including how hatcheries produce fish.
Sharp seasonal swings are happening more often – and they’re a big problem for homes, food and infrastructure.
We’re not going to be able to stop climate instability and associated dangerous wildfire weather, so we need to adapt.
The heath-related impacts of climate change will reach US$1 trillion a year by 2050.
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Senior Lecturer, Climate Science and Science Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Climate Science, University of Oxford
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Researcher in Fish Ecology, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Research Assistant in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
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PhD Candidate in climate stabilisation, The University of Melbourne
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Reader in Cultural Geography and Communication, University of Westminster