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"After a heatwave, we crave relief, not more extreme weather. But increasingly,
we have to contend with a succession of extremes – ricocheting from extreme
heat to intense storms to flooding waterways.
We saw this in the Victorian Otways region last summer, when extreme heat,
fires and floods all occurred in the space of two weeks.
We studied this sudden “weather whiplash”, where a heatwave is followed by
heavy rainfall, in more detail to understand which parts of Australia are
affected, why this occurs and how this phenomenon is changing as the world
warms.
The results were sobering. Not only are weather whiplashes a repeating feature
of Australia’s climate, but they are becoming more frequent and affecting
larger areas of the country than a century ago."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
