'One of the most extreme disasters in colonial Australian history': climate scientists on the floods and our future risk

By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
Linden Ashcroft, Lecturer in climate science and science communication, The University of Melbourne
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Chief Investigator on the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes; ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Sydney

How does this compare to Australia’s previous floods? And can we expect more frequent floods at this scale under climate change? The answers aren’t straightforward.

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