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Farmers are grappling with the most damaging incursion of fall armyworm (FAW) on record, and have likened the destruction to that caused by a bushfire.
Researchers say poor urban design is creating pockets of heat and humidity in Brisbane. The Sweltering Cities panel found a lack of trees, shade, and water were intensifying temperatures on heat islands.
With a heatwave building across large parts of the country, farmers are deploying innovative measures to protect their livestock against the dangers of hot weather.
For thousands of years, Mongolia's nomadic herders have survived at the mercy of the country's brutal winters — where temperatures drop below -30 degrees Celsius
The Samoan weather service is shifting away from technical wording in forecasts, instead using the impacts of the weather to deliver messages.
The Samoan weather station that has been in the same spot for more than 100 years, and how the service is now looking at new methods of messaging.
Most irrigation for Tongan food crops relies on rainwater, so with the El Niño weather pattern taking over in late 2023, farmers need to think differently about how they work.
The newly-launched Bushfire Resilience Rating is a world-first rating system that assesses how vulnerable a specific house is to bushfire.
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