Australia to see more intense rains as climate change worsens, analysis shows

Australia to see more intense rains as climate change worsens, analysis shows

Scientists have warned that extreme rains could become more common in eastern Australia, following heavy downpours from May 19-23 that caused widespread flooding, claimed five lives and left some 50,000 people stranded. The warning is based on a recent rapid analysis by World Weather Attribution (WWA), a global research network that examines the role of […]

High pressure ridge splits Australia’s solar output in Autumn

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that irradiance across large portions of eastern Australia fell by up to 20% below the seasonal norm in autunm.In a similar pattern to recent years, a persistent high-pressure system over southern Australia has diverted the usual cloud-bearing southerly fronts. Instead, moisture from the Coral Sea has been drawn deep into eastern Australia, driving a clear contrast in irradi…