Tag: Indian Ocean Dipole
The east coast rain seems endless. Where on Earth is all the water coming from?
Image: Jason O'Brien/AAP
At any one time, Earth’s atmosphere holds only about a week’s worth of rain. But rainfall and floods have devastated Australia’s eastern regions for...
A rare natural phenomenon brings severe drought to Australia. Climate change is making it more common
Picture: Shuttlecock
Weather-wise, 2019 was a crazy way to end a decade. Fires spread through much of southeast Australia, fuelled by dry vegetation from the...
It’s only October, so what’s with all these bushfires? New research explains it
Firefighters battle bushfires in Angourie, northern New South Wales,
on September 10 this year, marking another early start to the season.Jason O'Brien/AAP
Summer might be more...