Articles * Extreme Weather

Sep 29, 2023

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How the NSW fire season is tracking

The NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) has said this summer’s bushfire risk is the highest since Black Summer in 2019-20. How is the state tracking? Let’s take a look. The current status Since July, about 11,600 hectares (116 km2) have burned in NSW bushfires. It's still very early in the season and the statutory Bush Fire Danger Period starts this weekend. But the data is useful for ongoing tracking and point-in-time comparisons. Below: Hectares (ha) destroyed by wildfire since 1974, by fire sea

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Newsletter Carbon Offsets Extreme Weather Fires

Sep 22, 2023

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Heat Waves and Climate Stripes

As heatwaves swept through Australia’s southeast this week, we’ve been updating Australia’s climate stripes, also known as warming stripes. How to read climate stripes Climate stripes are minimalist by design. Their purpose is to tell a story about long-term trends, not datapoint details. Each stripe shows the difference in temperature from a baseline average. That is, the size of the anomaly. (That begs the question, what’s the baseline average? It’s complicated and there’s more on that bel

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