Have you ever felt hot but wondered whether it was just you? Have you been reading too much climate change news and are afraid you're now biased to think every other day is unusually hot?
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While temperatures are expected to rise in most regions of the world as a consequence of global warming, the amount by which hot extremes increase shows strong regional differences.
Congratulations to Melissa Hart, Angela Maharaj and Giovanni Di Virgilio, for being awarded a $500k citizen science grant from the federal government for the Sydney schools weather and air quality network (SWAQ network).
Lisa Alexander has been awarded the 2017/18 World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Commission for Climatology Outstanding Service award.
The prestigious Tinker-Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica for 2017 has been awarded to chief investigator Professor Matthew England in recognition of his outstanding research, leadership and advocacy for Antarctic science.
Kate Simmonds has been awarded a competitive position aboard the RV Investigator later this year as part of the first Collaborative Australian Postgraduate Sea Training Alliance Network (CAPSTAN) voyage.
Up to two prestigious Scientia PhD scholarships are available at the Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, for the following project:
A new PhD top-up scholarship (up to 10k p.a.) has been advertised for candidates successful in gaining an Australian government Research Training Program (RTP) or International equivalent PhD scholarship.