BOM releases Annual Australian Climate Statement

2010 is the third wettest year on record, and the coolest year since 2001 according to the 2010 Australian Climate Statement from SEARCH project partner organisation The Bureau of Meteorology. The BOM report shows that the La Niña event that is currently in effect has brought heavy rain, which has eased drought and caused recent … Continue reading BOM releases Annual Australian Climate Statement

SEARCH PhD student awarded NLA Summer Scholarship

SEARCH project PhD student Claire Fenby has been awarded a National Library of Australia Summer Scholarship for 2011. Claire is the recipient of the annual Norman McCann scholarship, awarded for research into Australian History. She will be based at the NLA from 4 January to 12 February 2011 to conduct a cross-regional study of south-eastern … Continue reading SEARCH PhD student awarded NLA Summer Scholarship

Volunteers dig up tales of wild weather and insect plagues

With south-eastern Australia in the midst of wet La Niña conditions and Victoria suffering locust plagues, a team of SEARCH project volunteers has discovered early settlers battled many of the same extremes. This heavy rainfall has created perfect conditions for insects such as the locusts that are currently swarming in south-eastern Australia. Australia's early settlers … Continue reading Volunteers dig up tales of wild weather and insect plagues

Old Weather project online and in the news

A groundbreaking citizen science project, led by SEARCH project partners the UK Met Office, has attracted thousands of volunteers and made international headlines. Old Weather is an online volunteer project aiming to digitise ship logs from WWI Royal Navy vessels, in order to gain a clearer picture of worldwide weather events at the time. The … Continue reading Old Weather project online and in the news