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Australian climatologist rambling about climate drivers, variability, trends & impacts. Once played goalie for Antarctica. Born @ 325ppm. All tweets personal
Melbourne, Australia
Joined April 2007
For those wanting to look at the weeks ahead to find out when patterns will change, you can save the Bom outlooks as an app on your phone. 1) Use Safarai to open .2) click on the ‘Share’ icon.3) scroll across and select ‘Add to Homescreen’.—voila!
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Our article in today’s @ConversationEDU - US cuts will have a global (negative) ripple effect on weather and climate monitoring and forecasting, right when weather extremes mean we have never needed accurate early warnings more.
For decades, Australia has relied on data from US satellites, floats and monitoring programs. Planned deep cuts put Australian forecasting at risk @windjunky @tasvo @ProfMattEngland @MonashUni @RMIT @UTAS_ @UTSEngage @UNSW
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Our article out today that I wrote (with some colleagues from Monash and BoM) on the current ‘green’ drought across southern Australia, and how it relates to climate change. Feedback welcome!.
Yes, it’s been raining in southeast Australia – but it's too little, too late. Now it’s too cold to grow decent pasture. This is called a 'green drought'. @windjunky @https://x.com/PallaviGoswami_ @MonashUni
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Our article in Monash Lens with Ailie Gallant, Tas van Ommen, Brenda Lin, Sonia Bluhm and Angela Koning on the importance to Australia of a national climate risk assessment done well. And hence why we must legislate to ensure timely updates.
lens.monash.edu
Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment is a vital step toward climate resilience, but it must not be the last – regular, evidence-based assessments are essential to protect people,...
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Wow… I post for the first time in ages on twitter about climate and the Trolls/bots come out en masse to attack. So glad I left. What a cesspool. Feel free to follow me on BlueSky. Ta ta.
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Breaking my twitter silence. My letter in yesterday’s (30/5/2025) The Age, re: the immoral NW Shelf gas extraction approval. The private profit and tax generated by the expansion of NW shelf gas project will be swamped by the future costs. Our children will live with its impacts.
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Regular reminder I’m on BlueSky now…
Regular reminder that I now post weather and climate stuff at the other place - where the sky is blue.
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I don’t post on X anymore but have moved to Blue Sky. Speaking of moving… I’m leaving the BoM (after over 25 years!) on Thursday. Taking a break, though head still in the cloud….New email is:.Andrew.Watkins1@monash.edu .(don’t forget the 1!).
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RT @windjunky: Regular reminder that I now post weather and climate stuff at the other place - where the sky is blue. .
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Regular reminder that I now post weather and climate stuff at the other place - where the sky is blue.
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Just a reminder I’m moving the majority of my messages to
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Proud of this work we did with @MonashUni Global Challenges young researchers.
🚩#Highlycited paper . "#Flood Risk Assessment and Mapping: A Case Study from #Australia’s Hawkesbury-Nepean #Catchment" by Matthew Kelly et al. 📚more information:
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RT @Hydrology_mdpi: 🚩#Highlycited paper . "#Flood Risk Assessment and Mapping: A Case Study from #Australia’s Hawkesbury-Nepean #Cat….
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Record coral death in 2024 ."Cooktown-Lizard Island sector . {recorded} the largest annual decline {of hard coral} for this sector in 39-years of AIMS’ monitoring. Hard coral cover is a measure of the percentage of live coral on the reef surface.".
From the mouths of babes (in this case postcard from 15yo daughter): .“I saw the (great barrier) reef before it died!!! Yay!”.#Youth4Climate
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From the mouths of babes (in this case postcard from 15yo daughter): .“I saw the (great barrier) reef before it died!!! Yay!”.#Youth4Climate
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Temperature rose over 6°C in the middle of the night….
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