humans. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

October heat records are being set across Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales this week.

dear, oh dear. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I mean. This is a lot. Is it any wonder a platypus has trouble coping? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Seas are definitely warmer than usual. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Long range forecast update. Minimum temperatures are very likely to be warmer than usual across almost the whole continent for October to December. 🔥🌏 www.bom.gov.au/climate/outl...

Long-range forecast update. Maximum temperatures likely to be above average for almost all of Australia for October to December 2025. www.bom.gov.au/climate/outl...

Long-range forecast update. Rainfall is likely to be above average for most of eastern half of Australia for Oct-December. Likely to be below average for western Tasmania. www.bom.gov.au/climate/outl...

Latest long range forecast October — December from Bureau of Meteorology. Very high chance of above average minimum temperatures for almost all of Austraila. 🔥🔥

Latest long range forecast October — December from Bureau of Meteorology. High chance of above average maximum temperatures for much of Austraila. 🔥

Latest long range forecast October — December from Bureau of Meteorology. High chance of above average rainfall for much of eastern Aus and parts of northern WA.

Sea surface temperatures greaty influence our weather and climate. Here's a plot of how Australian region sea surface temperatures for winter 2025 compared to temps from winters of previous years. 🔥🌏 www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/clim...

Something called the "future climate and hazards report" is linked on this page and will be quite relevant to all of our lives whether we like it or not. www.acs.gov.au/pages/hazard...

Australia's first National Climate Risk Assessment was released today. This is big because priority hazards and risks are identified. We can see what is likely to happen under different climate futures. www.acs.gov.au/pages/nation...

Winter 2025: Rainfall on Melbourne's water supply catchments? Rainfall on water supply catchments to the east of Melbourne was 60-80% of average for winter. www.bom.gov.au/climate/curr...

August 2025: Rainfall in Victoria? Overall it was 35% below average and in the lowest 10% of all Augusts since 1900. Melbourne's water supply catchments received generally 40-60% of average. www.bom.gov.au/climate/curr...

August 2025: Rainfall in Tasmania?? 0–20% of average for land around Orford and Triabunna. From Hobart up to Campbell Town and Freycinet, 20–40% of average. The wild rivers & southwest country 60-80% of average. Drying Tassie is a climate change signal. www.bom.gov.au/climate/curr...

Winter 2025: Victoria received close to average rainfall. But east of Melbourne, Melbourne's drinking water catchments received generally between 60 and 80% of average. www.bom.gov.au/climate/curr...

Were days your winter days warm? Yes in far north Queensland, south central Victoria and in Tasmania - where on average winter maximum temperatures in 2025 were in the warmest 10% of all years since 1910. www.bom.gov.au/climate/curr...

Did you have a wet winter? A dry winter? Here's a map of what sort of winter your part of Australia had. Areas shown as "very much above/below" received rain in the top/bottom 10% of all years since 1900. www.bom.gov.au/climate/curr...

What would you guess? Were sea surface temperatures around the world last week WARMER or COOLER than the baseline climatology of 1991-2020? 👀🔥🌏 www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso...

Human perception and the value of observational data. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

What about minimum temperatures? Do you think we can expect below average minimum temperatures across Australia from July to September? Nope. www.bom.gov.au/climate/outl...

Do you think it's likely we'll see below average maximum temperatures in Australia from July to September? Of course not. www.bom.gov.au/climate/outl...

Latest long-range forecasts issued by Bureau of Meteorology. For July to September 2025. Rainfall likely above average for central & eastern mainland. Not for SE SA, western Vic, western Tassie though. Below average likely for western Tassie. www.bom.gov.au/climate/outl...

You know what takes a lot of energy to heat up? Water. And global sea surface temperatures remain substantially above average. Monthly averaged SSTs in 2025 have been the 2nd warmest on record for each respective month. www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso...

If we choose not to act, Or fail to adapt, Then suffer we will. #ShowYourStripes

Next week it is time to #ShowYourStripes again. We encourage everyone to download their warming stripes graphics and use them to start climate conversations on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st June. www.ShowYourStripes.info Graphic: Change in global average temperature from 1850-2024.

And guess what else? Today's long range forecast shows: Increased chance of above average rainfall for much of Australia - except in the (dry!) south-east & south-west. www.bom.gov.au/climate/outl...

And guess what else? Today's long range forecast for July to September shows: Above average minimum temperatures are VERY LIKELY (greater than 80% chance) across most of Australia. www.bom.gov.au/climate/outl...

Guess what? Today's long-range forecast for July to September shows: Above average maximum temperatures are VERY LIKELY (greater than 80% chance) across most of Australia (except in some places where there is no strong indication of above or below average temps). www.bom.gov.au/climate/outl...

Autumn 2025 in Queensland was the sixth-wettest on record for all autumns since 1900. www.bom.gov.au/climate/curr...

Autumn 2025 had the highest mean maximum temperature on record for most of Tasmania. Tasmania's area-averaged mean maximum temperature was 16.7 °C. That is 1.42 °C above the 1961–1990 average and the highest on record for all autumns since 1910. www.bom.gov.au/climate/curr...

Autumn 2025 in Tasmania was the third-driest on record for all autumns since 1900. www.bom.gov.au/climate/curr...

Autumn 2025 in Victoria was the warmest on record for all autumns since 1910. Victoria's mean maximum temperature was 22.9 °C. That is 2.57 °C above the 1961–1990 average. www.bom.gov.au/climate/curr...

Autumn 2025 in Victoria was ninth-driest on record for all autumns since 1900. And the driest since 2008. www.bom.gov.au/climate/curr...

this is all a bit exhausting. luckily (helpfully(?)) today is June 12. so it's all worth it. thank you @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social.

it's just beginning. Keep burning CO2, the pot gets hotter. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Water news. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Another ABC article about the cost of climate change that forgot to mention either climate change or the resulting sea level rise. 'It doesn't look like it's going to stop'. Genius. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

Out today in Nature, our paper on the drivers of the record 2023 summer heating of the North Atlantic. Temperatures warmed to record levels in just a few months. The impacts on climate & ecosystems were severe. A thread on how this work came about and what we found.👇👇🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

“If we continue to burn fossil fuels – whether we burn them here at home or export them elsewhere to be burnt overseas – we’re going to keep seeing temperature records fall year on year if we don’t change our behaviour.” Kim Reid

So dry in SW Vic and SE S.A that there is elevated fire risk across a large area. Hoping the current rain event will ease conditions quickly www.afac.com.au/seasonal-out...

Australia in autumn. Temperature pattern matches long-term climate change forecasts. Warmer everywhere. www.bom.gov.au/climate/curr... and www.bom.gov.au/state-of-the...

Australia in autumn. Rainfall pattern matches long-term climate change forecasts. www.bom.gov.au/climate/curr... and www.bom.gov.au/state-of-the...

That’s not some tragedy that fell upon the world, but a totally predictable (and predicted for well over 3 decades) outcome of fossil fuel use. It must end very quickly to prevent far worse things to come.

It does not matter where Australian fossil fuels are burned - here or overseas - their impacts are global, and will hit Australia hard through more climate and weather extremes. Private company profit now that will cost Australia’s next generations massively in dollars, lives and livelihoods.

“People don’t realise, but insurers have to price to the risk, and … they’re sometimes better at risk assessment than governments are. “People like to blame them. But why would you give away money if you’re in a business? “…it’s just maths.” Greg Mullins www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Doing nothing about climate change costs far more than doing something. Not just in terms of cold hard cash either, but that too. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Last month (May 2025) witnessed below average #Arctic sea-ice concentration in most areas. Early melt across the Laptev, Kara, and Barents Seas region was particularly striking. This region is near Siberia. + Data: nsidc.org/data/g02202/... + Concentration = fraction of sea ice