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  • Sunlit view of the Glass House Mountains in Queensland, Australia, with a lone tree in the foreground and beams of light cutting across a forested landscape.

    Ailie Gallant elected AMOS Fellow

    21st Century Weather congratulates our Chief Investigator Ailie Gallant, who has been elected a Fellow of the Australian Meteorological & Oceanographic Society (AMOS). Ailie is an Associate Professor in the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment at Monash University, and a leading expert in climate extremes, particularly drought. Her election as an AMOS Fellow is

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  • Snow-dusted rocky mountaintop with low shrubs in the foreground, overlooking a lake and distant hills under heavy, dramatic storm clouds.

    Helen Cleugh & Kim Reid receive AMOS Awards

    21st Century Weather’s Helen Cleugh & Kim Reid have received distinguished awards from the Australian Meteorology & Oceanographic Society (AMOS). Morton Medal: Helen Cleugh  The 2024 Morton Medal was awarded to Dr Helen Cleugh, chair of the 21st Century Weather Advisory Board.  According to AMOS, through her own research, and especially through her research leadership

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  • Coastal landscape with lush green vegetation in the foreground, turquoise waves breaking along the shore, and dark storm clouds gathering over the ocean.

    A Decadal Plan for Australian Earth System Science

    21st Century Weather supports the recommendations made in A Decadal Plan for Australian Earth System Science 2024–2033. The Decadal Plan has been developed by the Australian Academy of Science’s National Committee for Earth System Science (NCESS). Members of the NCESS include 21st Century Weather Chief Investigators Julie Arblaster, Claire Vincent and Negin Nazarian. The plan calls for

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  • Aisle view of the Gadi supercomputer at NCI Australia, with Indigenous artwork in blue and purple dot patterns adorning the server cabinets on either side.

    Creating confidence in climate computing: Inside the ACCESS Community Workshop  

    When it comes to Australia’s cutting-edge climate modelling software, removing barriers to trust and understanding for users is crucial.  Tasked with answering that challenge in 2024 was the ACCESS Community Workshop, which took place in September at the Shine Dome in Canberra. The Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator (ACCESS) is a computer modelling

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  • Partner profile: Humphrey Lean (Met Office)

    Tapping into local knowledge can be the key to any successful journey, and the same rule applies when it comes to building more accurate climate and weather models. Research organisations across the globe are seeking to better understand the mechanisms governing our atmospheric dynamics, ranging from planetary-scale interactions right down to local conditions. Among them

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