#Extreme events

Preparing for Victoria’s water future in a warmer and drier climate

New research shows that Victoria’s climate is changing and with that comes the need to better understand how the water cycle is changing and how this will impact on water supplies.

One House to save many

Sometimes playing with fire is actually the safest option – especially when you’re building houses designed to withstand extreme events.

Saving the world’s ecosystems one A at a time

Scientists examine 19 ecosystems under pressure, from the beautiful to the rare.

Building our nation’s climate and disaster resilience: where to from here?

Recent extreme climate and disaster events are fresh in our minds given the summer of 2019/20. So it's timely to question what we can do to build climate and disaster resilience to support our communities, the economy and our environment.

Where there’s smoke there’s complex decisions in the land that burns

Australia is one of the most fire-prone countries on earth. Last summer, as the fires raged, so did the national debate: could we have done more to prevent the carnage? Should we have done more hazard reduction burning?

NSW Digital Twin to inform emergency planning this bushfire season

The new NSW Spatial Digital Twin will assist emergency services in developing effective emergency management strategies ahead of the upcoming bushfire season.

Why don’t our cities cope with heavy rain?

As our climate changes, we'll experience more extreme weather. We're researching how we can create better cities that can withstand heavy rains and floods.

Ten steps to increasing bushfire resilience

The Black Summer took a heavy toll on Queensland, but will a new bushfire resilience guide for homeowners get the community talking about living with the bush beyond the back fence?

Uncertainty: The X factor behind more reliable streamflow forecasts

A new national forecasting service is giving dam operators, river managers – even kayakers – a clearer picture of river and stream flows up to a week in advance. Paradoxically, uncertainty is a key to more reliable forecasts.