Why drought-busting rain depends on the tropical oceans
- Written by Andrew King, ARC DECRA fellow, University of Melbourne
Recent helpful rains dampened fire grounds and gave many farmers a reason to cheer. But much of southeast Australia remains in severe drought.
Australia is no stranger to drought, but the current one stands out when looking at rainfall records over the past 120 years. This drought has been marked by three consecutive extremely dry winters in the...