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2017 is set to be in the top three hottest years on record, with record-breaking extreme weather, according to the […]
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2015 was a dry, sunny year for New Zealand, but no hotter than average overall, according to NIWA’s annual climate […]
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The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has declared the Pacific is in an El Niño climate pattern – but some New […]
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The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed the Pacific is in an El Niño climate pattern – what does this […]
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Heavy rainfall has caused extensive flooding across southern New South Wales and North East Victoria, forcing several communities to evacuate. […]
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Climate scientists interested in how El Nino/La Nina weather patterns may interact with future global warming are expected to take […]
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The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) issued its annual report on New Zealand’s climate today, highlighting the warmest, […]
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The World Meteorological Organization released its draft annual statement on the status of global climate today at UN climate talks […]
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El Niño ‘Modoki’ – a new kind of El Niño will increase with global warming Research published today in Nature […]
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