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Martin Jucker, Senior Lecturer in Atmospheric Science, UNSW Sydney

Antarctic heat, wild Australian winter: what’s happening to the weather and what it means for the rest of the year

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Australia’s south and east have seen freezing temperatures and wild weather this winter. At the same time, the continent as a whole – and the globe – have continued to warm.

What’s going on? As ever, it’s hard to pinpoint a single cause for weather events. But a key player is likely an event unfolding high above Antarctica, which itself may have been triggered by a heatwave at surface level on the frozen continent.

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