The study of climate variability and extremes analysis centres on understanding fluctuations in climate parameters and the changing behaviour of rare, high-impact events. Variability refers to ...

While 2025 was slightly cooler than the previous two years, scientists said that was largely due to natural climate ...

One of the most pervasive misunderstandings of climate — even among some who publish on climate — is the belief that any long-term trend in a measured climate variable indicates a change in climate, ...

What is the range of natural variability in climate? Climate is continually varying on time scales ranging from seasons to the lifetime of Earth. Natural climate changes can take place on short time ...

New research led by Monash University sheds a new perspective on forecasts of future rainfall in Victoria, showing that recent dry conditions may not fully reflect long-term climate change signals.

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Researchers have uncovered a key mechanism behind Japan's extreme winter weather, revealing how distant climate patterns interact to intensify cold waves and heavy snowfall.

In Brazilian climate policy though, the challenge comes earlier: what counts as evidence when knowledge is probabilistic ...

A new global assessment on food systems and climate vulnerability warns that climate change is fundamentally reshaping global ...

In 2022, about 149 million children younger than 5 worldwide suffered from childhood stunting. A critical marker of chronic ...

Around the world, ocean warming is causing fish to move poleward in search of cooler water.