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    • Dr Benjamin Henley

    Research Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

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    Environment

    Water management worldwide is failing, it’s time for a new approach

    Climate extremes are not going away during the pandemic, testing water management to its limits. We need robust inter-disciplinary solutions from climate and social scientists, engineers and lawyers

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    Sciences & Technology

    When will Australia’s drought break?

    For drought-busting rains, Australia might just have to wait for the tropical oceans to serve up some moisture, finds new research

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    Sciences & Technology

    Climate is warming faster now than last 2000 years

    The speed of global warming has never been as fast as it is today, and is affecting the whole planet at the same time, for the first time in at least two millennia

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    Sciences & Technology

    Heating up: How rises in global temperature could damage the Reef

    As global surface temperatures rise, new research looks at the potential impact on Australia and its Great Barrier Reef

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    Sciences & Technology

    Global warming could accelerate towards 1.5℃ if the Pacific Ocean gets cranky

    We’re familiar with effects of El Niño and La Niña, but University of Melbourne research has identified El Tío - the ‘cranky uncle’ of the Pacific Ocean

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