Heatwaves

Health & Medicine

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Opinion

Heatwaves and climate change are Australia’s deadliest ‘unnatural’ disaster

With the mercury soaring in much of the country, extreme heat and heatwaves are fast becoming Australia’s most urgent climate-driven health emergency

Health & Medicine

How researchers are keeping your health data safe

Researchers developing an Australian heatwave index are using innovative data collection that improves the quality and resolution of personal data while protecting people’s privacy

Environment

These maps tell us we need to cool our sweltering streets

Our Map of the Month shows the impact of asphalt and concrete on city temperatures, and why we need to ‘de-pave’ and ‘re-plant’ in a warming climate

Sciences & Technology

Helping crops survive heatwaves

Global warming threatens both the yield and survival of crucial crops. By understanding how extreme heat impacts plant genetics, researchers aim to breed in more resilience.

Sciences & Technology

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Go Figure

Explaining Melbourne’s crazy but predictable weather

Melbourne’s weather is renowned for its variability, but it is still predictable, explained partly by its position on a large hot continent close to the cold Southern Ocean

Environment

Is Australia set to follow Europe and North America with an extreme summer?

With no end in sight for the drought, bushfires already causing problems in Eastern Australia and a looming El Niño, the coming Australian summer could be a shocker

Sciences & Technology

The human fingerprint on Europe’s recent heat

The June 2017 European heatwave was likely caused by human influence on the climate

Environment

Extreme weather: Why the impact will be felt more widely

As floods, heatwaves and droughts increase, how will they affect our lives and bring about change

Environment

Why apartments are failing the heat stress test

If the power goes off during a heat wave most of Melbourne’s apartment blocks would fail international health standards, research shows