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Reduced streamflow in water-stressed climates consistent with CO₂ effects on vegetation

Remotely sensed vegetation and water-balance measurements from 190 river basins across Australia show that sub-humid and semi-arid basins are ‘greening’—as expected under CO₂ fertilization—increasing water consumption and reducing streamflow.

Anna M. Ukkola
I. Colin Prentice
Jian Bi
Research19 Oct 2015
Nature Climate Change

Volume: 6, P: 75-78
Global hotspots for the occurrence of compound events

Compound climate events such as floods and droughts together can cause severe socio-economic impacts. Here, the authors analyse global hazard pairs from 1980–2014 and find global hotspots for the occurrence of compound events.

Nina N. Ridder
Andy J. Pitman
Jakob Zscheischler
ResearchOpen Access24 Nov 2020
Nature Communications

Volume: 11, P: 1-10
The role of climate variability in Australian drought

Much of Australia has been in severe drought since at least 2017. Here we link Australian droughts to the absence of Pacific and Indian Ocean mode states that act as key drivers of drought-breaking rains. Predicting the impact of climate change on drought requires accurate modelling of these modes of variability.

Andrew D. King
Andy J. Pitman
Josephine R. Brown
Comments & Opinion24 Feb 2020
Nature Climate Change

Volume: 10, P: 177-179
Reconciling historical changes in the hydrological cycle over land

Sanaa Hobeichi
Gab Abramowitz
Hylke Beck
ResearchOpen Access14 Mar 2022
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

Volume: 5, P: 1-9
Genetic contributions to the expression of acquired causes of cardiac hypertrophy in non-ischemic sudden cardiac death victims

Lauri Holmström
Katri Pylkäs
Juhani Junttila
ResearchOpen Access27 May 2021
Scientific Reports

Volume: 11, P: 1-8
Physical mechanisms of meteorological drought development, intensification and termination: an Australian review

Australia experiences meteorological droughts due to insufficient moisture transport and heavy precipitation, which are influenced by climate variability and land processes, and are expected to become longer and more frequent, according to a review of observational and model-based studies.

Chiara M. Holgate
Georgina M. Falster
Anna M. Ukkola
ReviewsOpen Access25 Mar 2025
Communications Earth & Environment

Volume: 6, P: 1-14
Connections of climate change and variability to large and extreme forest fires in southeast Australia

Multiple climate contributors to fire risk in southeast Australia have led to an increase in fire extent and intensity over the past decades that will likely continue into the future, suggests a synthesis of climate variability, long-term trends and palaeoclimatic evidence.

Nerilie J. Abram
Benjamin J. Henley
Matthias M. Boer
ReviewsOpen Access07 Jan 2021
Communications Earth & Environment

Volume: 2, P: 1-17

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Reconciling historical changes in the hydrological cycle over land

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Physical mechanisms of meteorological drought development, intensification and termination: an Australian review

Connections of climate change and variability to large and extreme forest fires in southeast Australia

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