Disaster assistance has been activated in response to the tropical low and associated flooding that affected the Kimberley and East Pilbara in late January 2018. Assistance is being provided through the jointly-funded Commonwealth-State Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA). Minister for Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity Angus Taylor, who has responsibility for
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Edith Cowan University and the State Government have partnered to monitor the ecological condition of Perth's urban wetlands in response to groundwater use and climate change. ECU has been appointed through a competitive process managed by the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation to conduct wetland vegetation and macroinvertebrate and water
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Sky-gazers are in for a rare treat tonight, when three celestial events combine to create a super blue blood moon. This event offers a rare opportunity to see a supermoon, a blue moon and a lunar eclipse at the same time. A supermoon occurs when the Moon is closer to Earth
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CSIRO collaborated with The Nature Conservancy and 14 other institutions on the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , which forms the most comprehensive assessment to date of how greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced by and stored in forests, farmland, grasslands and wetlands. The top three land
Read MoreA rain band associated with a low pressure system lies over the western south coast and is producing areas of heavy rain. HEAVY RAINFALL that may lead to FLASH FLOODING is possible in the warning area, with conditions expected to ease during this afternoon. Moderate falls with areas of local flooding
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Australia's emergency responders and planners now have faster access to reliable spatial information at their fingertips, thanks to the new EM-LINK platform. With experts predicting a longer and more dangerous southern fire season this year, the new online catalogue makes it easier for all levels of government to help communities better prepare for, and
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The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a Severe Weather Warning for Lower West, South West, South Coastal, South East Coastal, Great Southern and parts of Central West and Central Wheat Belt districts. A strong cold front over the southwest corner of the State will move across the South West Land Division
Read MoreFive additional weather camera sites have been added to the Airservices website portal with the support of local airports and the Bureau of Meteorology. The weather camera portal allows pilots to view actual weather conditions at locations and since the initial launch in May, the portal now contains a total of
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The Technical Advisory Forum has delivered its third and final report on the operation of the Australian Climate Observations Reference Network – Surface Air Temperature (ACORN-SAT) dataset. The Forum once again found the dataset to be well maintained and an important source of information on Australian climate records. The Forum has again
Read MoreThe Bureau of Meteorology has released findings of a Review into its Automatic Weather Station (AWS) network. The Review was conducted by a Panel made up of three internationally recognised independent experts and two senior officers from the Bureau. The Panel was commissioned to evaluate the integrity of the AWS network
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