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  • A dramatic thunderstorm over open grassland, with a dark, layered cloud formation dominating the sky and multiple bright lightning bolts striking the horizon.

    Steven Sherwood elected AGU Fellow

    Please join us in congratulating our Chief Investigator Professor Steven Sherwood, who has been elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. The AGU’s Fellows program recognises members who have made exceptional contributions to Earth and space science through a breakthrough, discovery, or innovation in their field.  Fellows act as external experts, capable of advising

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  • Aerial view of Sydney’s central business district at dusk, featuring a dense cluster of skyscrapers including Sydney Tower, with the sky transitioning from soft pink to blue, and residential buildings in the foreground.

    A key moment to integrate cities in global climate science

    The forthcoming IPCC Special Report on Cities and Climate Change is a crucial opportunity for the urban climate research community to ensure the critical importance and vulnerability of cities is more accurately reflected in global climate science.  Although climate change and its impacts affect the entire planet, both the causes of man-made climate change and

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  • Negin Nazarian receives NSW Young Tall Poppy Award

    Dr Negin Nazarian, Chief Investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence in 21st Century Weather, has received a 2024 NSW Young Tall Poppy Science Award in recognition of her research and outreach work in the field of urban climatology. Negin is a Scientia Senior Lecturer in the School of Built Environment at UNSW, leads the

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  • Rows of tall white wind turbines stretch across a coastal hillside covered in dense green vegetation at Albany Wind Farm in Western Australia. The overcast sky creates a dramatic backdrop, with the ocean faintly visible in the distance.

    Andrew King awarded ARC Future Fellowship

    The ARC Centre of Excellence in 21st Century Weather congratulates Chief Investigator Dr Andrew King on being awarded an ARC Future Fellowship. Andrew is a Senior Lecturer in Climate Science at the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Andrew, who is also a former ARC DECRA Fellow, has been

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  • Panoramic view of lush tropical forest with tall palm trees in the foreground, overlooking a calm blue bay. Distant islands and rolling hills are visible under a bright blue sky dotted with large, billowing white clouds.

    At-risk islands are missing from climate change models

    Urgent international cooperation is required to provide small island states and territories with the information they need to respond effectively to the existential threat of climate change. Many parts of the world most at risk of sea level rise and other damaging impacts of climate change are among the least prepared to meet these challenges,

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