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  • Close-up of a wind turbine with large white blades against a clear blue sky, with the full moon appearing just behind one of the blades.

    Strategic wind farms: How to balance weather resources & energy demand

    Carefully choosing the location of wind farms could help to balance electricity supply and demand during hot and cold days in southeast Australia, but more research is needed to better understand the complex relationship between weather, wind and energy. Together with hydroelectricity and solar, wind power is becoming an important source of renewable energy as

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  • Full view of Earth from space, showing the African continent at the center, surrounded by swirling white cloud formations over blue oceans. Europe and Asia are visible above Africa, with Antarctica at the bottom edge. The image highlights Earth's vibrant colors and atmospheric patterns.

    The Earth is at its warmest for 125,000 years, but time remains to prevent total catastrophe

    The 2025 State of the Climate Report has been released, indicating that 22 of the Earth’s 35 vital signs are being pushed to critical levels, as the planet reaches its hottest temperature in the last 125,000 years. Warming is accelerating, the report highlights, while ocean heat content, the volume of tree cover lost to fire

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  • Close-up of dry, cracked earth with deep fissures and reddish-brown soil, illustrating severe drought and environmental stress.

    Droughts are hitting harder where Australians live, work and farm

    When droughts take hold, they don’t just dry out the land, they strain food security, damage economies and affect both our physical and mental health. Australia is no stranger to these impacts, with the country frequently experiencing severe and widespread droughts. Recent decades have left Australia with lasting environmental, economic and social scars of drought: from

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  • A large wildfire burns intensely at night, with bright orange flames and thick smoke rising behind a dark line of silhouetted trees.

    Each new fossil fuel project can now be linked to additional global warming and specific climate disasters

    Individual fossil fuel projects can no longer be considered ‘too small to matter’, with researchers now able to link harmful impacts on our society and environment to each new investment in coal and gas extraction.  The majority of Australia’s new fossil fuel projects describe their anticipated greenhouse gas outputs as ‘negligible’ in the context of

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  • Close-up of a woman’s face seen through a semi-transparent surface with swirling blue and white patterns, giving the impression of smoke or mist partially obscuring her features.

    Negin Nazarian recognised with AGU’s Global Environmental Award

    21st Century Weather Deputy Director Negin Nazarian has received the 2025 Global Environmental Change Early Career Award from the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The AGU is the world’s largest Earth and Space science association. It celebrates individuals and teams through its annual honours and recognition program for accomplishments in research, education, science communication and outreach.

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