CLEX, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes

The Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (CLEX) is an international research consortium of five Australian universities and a network of outstanding national and international partner organizations supported by the Australian Research Council.

Climate extremes are the confluence of high impact weather and climate variability. The Centre will improve our understanding of the processes that trigger or enhance extremes and build this understanding into our modelling systems. The improved predictions of climate extremes will help Australia cope with extremes now and in the future.

Breaking news

Latest climate models show more intense droughts to come

Picture (above): Dead trees (10-year drought). Credit: Gary Sauer-Thompson. Flick CC. An analysis of new climate model projections by Australian researchers from the ARC Centre...

PhD opportunities in climate extremes and high impact weather

Picture (above): Lightning storm over Queensland. Credit: TexAus (Flickr CC 2.0). PhD opportunities are now available to work on projects jointly supervised across the ARC Centre...

Charuni’s blog: PhD confirmation in the age of COVID

Image (above): Remy soaks up some sun and watches the world go by while Charuni prepares for her confirmation. Credit: Charuni Pathmeswaran. Post by Charuni Pathmeswaran(This...

Research brief: Greenhouse gases responsible for increases in heavy precipitation

Picture (above): Rainfall. Credit: Inge Maria (Unsplash). It has been estimated that as the Earth warms the atmosphere will be able to hold around 7% more moisture for each...