A severe weather system has pummeled large areas of Victoria state. Some areas have had more than a month’s worth of rain since Wednesday. The Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Dean Narramore was speaking to Australian public broadcaster ABC television. After two days of nonstop rain forced dams to overflow and rivers to burst their banks, … Read more
A new study suggests that rising La Niña rates could make eastern Australia more prone to flooding in the coming decades. Disturbing weather patterns are more likely to occur as climate change slows the current “conveyor belt” of the Atlantic Ocean, according to a report published Tuesday in the journal Nature Climate Change. An oceanic feature known as the Atlantic Meridian Slope involves the continuous movement of large-scale tropical water flows each year, which in turn has a significant impact on the planet’s climate. Read more: Heavy … Read more
