April 10, 2025 3:22 am
Published by Iain Strachan
Please join us in congratulating 21st Century Weather’s Associate Director Melissa Hart and her collaborators, who have received AU$4.2 million in Wellcome Trust grant funding to research the heat health burden on First Nations communities in under-resourced remote Australia. Led by Associate Professor Supriya Mathew of the Menzies School of Health Research, the funded project will address the lack of evidence on how heat affects First Nations people living in remote Australia. Hot weather-related health impacts remain largely unknown for... Read More
March 27, 2025 11:53 pm
Published by Iain Strachan
Imagine predicting the wind flow around you with precision – perhaps to find a refreshing breeze on a hot day or a sheltered spot when it’s chilly. Until now, such predictions would require solving complex physical models on supercomputers – far too demanding for personal devices like phones, ipads and laptops to handle. Researchers at UNSW in Australia have changed that. The team, based at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes and the ARC Centre of Excellence for... Read More
March 26, 2025 3:37 am
Published by Iain Strachan
In recent years, the world has been grappling with the growing impacts of climate change, from devastating heatwaves to floods and droughts. Behind the scenes, work has been continuing to determine how we can fairly and accurately support affected communities and countries via the mechanisms of Loss & Damage and impact attribution. A significant outcome of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)’s Conference of Parties (COP) meetings has been the creation of a new fund to support... Read More
February 26, 2025 10:29 pm
Published by Iain Strachan
In this special blog post, read about 21st Century Weather Chief Investigator Negin Nazarian’s inspiring voyage to Antarctica as part the Homeward Bound program. Why was I there? I promised Antarctica reflections and penguin photos, so here we go! First and foremost: why was I there? The answer is to take part in the most unique leadership program there is – one designed by women, for women, with sustainability and the health of our planet at its very core. This... Read More
December 19, 2024 4:59 am
Published by Iain Strachan
Critical physiological limits to human heat tolerance are drawing ever closer, highlighting the urgent need to limit further climate warming and emphasising the adaptation challenge ahead. Writing in the journal Nature Climate Change, 21st Century Weather researchers and their collaborators at institutions around the world offered a stark reminder that the hottest boreal summer on record has driven widespread humid heat mortality across every continent of the Northern Hemisphere in 2024. Sufficiently high combinations of air temperature and humidity (levels... Read More
November 26, 2024 10:20 pm
Published by Iain Strachan
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 the urgent establishment of a national institute responsible for coordinating the science required to transform Australia’s response to climate change. According to the researchers involved,... Read More
September 16, 2024 3:25 am
Published by Stephen Gray
Please join us for the next 21st Century Weather Partner Meeting, where we will inform you about progress made since our last meeting and ask for your valuable input in our research directions and partnership strategy. This is an important opportunity for you to help us shape future training sessions and workshops, and to lay further foundations for a reciprocal and rewarding partnership during the course of the Centre. When: Tuesday 15 October 2024, 10am to 4pmWhere: “Sky Room”, Level... Read More
August 15, 2024 10:44 pm
Published by Stephen Gray
ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century: Official launch We are excited to invite you to the official launch of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century (21st Century Weather) at Monash University. The launch will take place in the Chancellery building at Monash University’s Clayton campus on Wednesday 16 October 2024. This event will feature an official opening ceremony for the new Centre, followed by brief addresses from: Date: Wednesday... Read More
June 12, 2024 3:52 am
Published by Stephen Gray
Are you interested in the latest climate and weather research taking place in Australia and around the world? Do you have questions about climate and weather science, but don’t know who to ask? We are here to help! The newly formed ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather is hosting a Climate & Weather Workshop to provide you with the information you need. Where: Physics Auditorium, The Australian National University, Canberra. (160 Mills Road, Acton 2601) When: Wednesday 14... Read More
