Indian Ocean Dipole and Climate Change Webinar - Professor Nerilie Abram (ANU)

Recording of 16 April 2020 Farmers for Climate Action webinar, presented by Professor Nerilie Abram (ANU) and hosted by Verity Morgan-Schmidt. This webinar is part of a series that will be held by Farmers for Climate Action throughout 2020. For more information and future webinars, visit our website https://www.farmersforclimateaction.o... Opening image from Angus Emmott Photography. _____________ With tractors firing up, dams filling up, paddocks becoming greener and the season starting to look good - some of the weight of last year’s incredibly challenging season is starting to lift from the shoulders of many farmers. While farmers turn their attention from daily feeding to pre-seeding maintenance, our climate scientists are continuing to unpack the drivers behind our climate; helping farmers to understand the impacts of climate change on our natural variability. New research from ANU and UNSW unpacks the impact of climate change on the Indian Ocean Dipole found that the 2019 event, known as a positive Indian Ocean Dipole, was a big one. It cut off one of the major sources for southern Australia’s winter and spring rainfall, and set up the extremely hot and dry conditions for the terrible fires that ravaged Australia this summer,” Further… “these historically rare events have become much more frequent and intense during the 20th century, and this situation is expected to worsen if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise.” Authorised by F. Davis, The Hub 233 Barker St, Castlemaine VIC 3450