James Bennett
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Researching streamflow prediction. Like a sharp, reliable ensemble? Me too. 🦘. Views are mine
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So, your forecasts are sharp and reliable, but are they valuable? Our new EMS paper on RUVPY is out - reference implementation of RUV. Honest assessment needs to be tailored to the specific decision. RUV is general enough to model almost any context. Go forth and tinker. doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
So, your forecasts are sharp and reliable, but are they valuable? Our new EMS paper on RUVPY is out - reference implementation of RUV. Honest assessment needs to be tailored to the specific decision. RUV is general enough to model almost any context. Go forth and tinker. doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
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‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
- by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
One expert says he is ‘starting to visualise the point where all we have left of corals and reefs is memories’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
- by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at the CSIRO
‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at the CSIRO
Australia’s national scientific agency announces more research job losses as it looks for budgetary savings
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Australia’s national scientific agency is expected to cut up to 350 more research roles from next year as it looks for savings and new sources of funding to plug budgetary shortfalls.
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) held its town hall on Tuesday afternoon where the agency’s leaders outlined the troubled times ahead. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:05 AM
‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at the CSIRO
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November 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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We just published the Global Carbon Budget 2025, with a mix of bad news (CO2 emissions continue to grow) and encouraging news (35 countries saw emissions decline over the past decade while growing their economies).
Read the highlights in a short article:
theconversation.com/the-worlds-c...
We just published the Global Carbon Budget 2025, with a mix of bad news (CO2 emissions continue to grow) and encouraging news (35 countries saw emissions decline over the past decade while growing their economies).
Read the highlights in a short article:
theconversation.com/the-worlds-c...
November 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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We just published the Global Carbon Budget 2025, with a mix of bad news (CO2 emissions continue to grow) and encouraging news (35 countries saw emissions decline over the past decade while growing their economies).
Read the highlights in a short article:
theconversation.com/the-worlds-c...
We just published the Global Carbon Budget 2025, with a mix of bad news (CO2 emissions continue to grow) and encouraging news (35 countries saw emissions decline over the past decade while growing their economies).
Read the highlights in a short article:
theconversation.com/the-worlds-c...
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🚨New blog post🚨
Everyone needs more #HEPEX podcast content, including you 🫵
hepex.org.au/hepex-throug...
Everyone needs more #HEPEX podcast content, including you 🫵
hepex.org.au/hepex-throug...
HEPEX through the Alabama Water Institute Podcast Series
In March 2025, the Alabama Water Institute (AWI) and CIROH hosted the 20th anniversary of HEPEX, a milestone event that brought together scientists, practitioners and decision-makers from around th…
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November 12, 2025 at 6:01 AM
🚨New blog post🚨
Everyone needs more #HEPEX podcast content, including you 🫵
hepex.org.au/hepex-throug...
Everyone needs more #HEPEX podcast content, including you 🫵
hepex.org.au/hepex-throug...
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Eastern Australia has gone from dry, stable westerlies in mid-October to something a little more showery for the start of November. Here's how the broad-scale pattern has evolved. Note that negative AAO/SAM (reds over Antarctica) hasn't quite dissipated yet.
October 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Eastern Australia has gone from dry, stable westerlies in mid-October to something a little more showery for the start of November. Here's how the broad-scale pattern has evolved. Note that negative AAO/SAM (reds over Antarctica) hasn't quite dissipated yet.
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I will be helping give a webinar on the climate and hazard work underpinning the Australian National Climate Risk Assessment (NCRA), Monday 20 Oct - please register! events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b1585f...
Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams
Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams
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October 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I will be helping give a webinar on the climate and hazard work underpinning the Australian National Climate Risk Assessment (NCRA), Monday 20 Oct - please register! events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b1585f...
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Low pressure system sweeping along the NSW coastline on Thursday morning.
September 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Low pressure system sweeping along the NSW coastline on Thursday morning.
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The coming and going of air masses and jet streams over Australia and New Zealand during winter 2025.
September 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The coming and going of air masses and jet streams over Australia and New Zealand during winter 2025.
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Antarctic origins of the air mass arriving over south east Australia.
August 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Antarctic origins of the air mass arriving over south east Australia.
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given one of the few good uses for LLMs is coding assistance maybe tech council members should immediately open source all their code under a permissive license. to do otherwise would risk harming investment in the AI industry in Australia, imo
August 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
given one of the few good uses for LLMs is coding assistance maybe tech council members should immediately open source all their code under a permissive license. to do otherwise would risk harming investment in the AI industry in Australia, imo
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I take a look at how spring is shaping up for Australia and the possible negative Indian Ocean Dipole event taking shape theconversation.com/changes-are-...
Changes are brewing in the Indian Ocean. Does this mean Australia should get ready for a soggy spring?
What do the next few months hold, weather-wise? For clues, we can look to the oceans around Australia.
theconversation.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I take a look at how spring is shaping up for Australia and the possible negative Indian Ocean Dipole event taking shape theconversation.com/changes-are-...
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Woman swept away in flood waters in Hunter region as emergency services respond to more than 1,450 incidents
Woman swept away in flood waters in Hunter region as emergency services respond to more than 1,450 incidents
The woman, aged in her 20s, was attempting to flee a vehicle when she was swept away, with the search continuing
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A search is underway after a woman was swept into a flooded creek in the Hunter region overnight, as heavy downpours continue to batter large parts of northern New South Wales.
Police said the car, a Mini, was being driven by a 27-year-old woman in Rothbury, near Cessnock, when it became stuck on Old North Road, through the swollen creek, just before 8pm on Saturday. Continue reading...
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August 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Woman swept away in flood waters in Hunter region as emergency services respond to more than 1,450 incidents
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Cooper Creek floodwater finally arriving at the eastern shore of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, four months after the rain over western QLD. link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/8ijs
July 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Cooper Creek floodwater finally arriving at the eastern shore of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, four months after the rain over western QLD. link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/8ijs
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Torrential rain has triggered flooding, destroyed hundreds of houses, and killed more than 150 people in the past month.
Dozens killed in Pakistan as heavy monsoon season persists
Torrential rain has triggered flooding, destroyed hundreds of houses, and killed more than 150 people in the past month.
bit.ly
July 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Torrential rain has triggered flooding, destroyed hundreds of houses, and killed more than 150 people in the past month.
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Federal Court Justice Wigney is beginning his summary of his decision in Pabai Pabai v Commonwealth with a sketch of the changes to the Torres Strait islands. He is describing profound changes to the landscape.
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At 2pm today, we'll learn whether a group of Torres Strait Traditional Owners who sued the Australian government for negligence over its failure to meaningfully address climate change have been successful, and whether they've won.
I'll be reporting the decision for @reneweconomy.com.au.
I'll be reporting the decision for @reneweconomy.com.au.
July 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Federal Court Justice Wigney is beginning his summary of his decision in Pabai Pabai v Commonwealth with a sketch of the changes to the Torres Strait islands. He is describing profound changes to the landscape.
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Bathing sites will be located near the French capital’s Notre-Dame cathedral, the Eiffel Tower and in eastern Paris.
River Seine reopens to Paris swimmers, after Olympics, century-long ban
Bathing sites will be located near the French capital’s Notre-Dame cathedral, the Eiffel Tower and in eastern Paris.
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July 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Bathing sites will be located near the French capital’s Notre-Dame cathedral, the Eiffel Tower and in eastern Paris.
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🔉 ECMWF has announced the appointment of Florian Pappenberger as its next Director-General. He will take up the post on 1 January 2026.
Read more in our web article
➡️ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...
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Read more in our web article
➡️ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...
@fpappenberger.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 8:05 AM
🔉 ECMWF has announced the appointment of Florian Pappenberger as its next Director-General. He will take up the post on 1 January 2026.
Read more in our web article
➡️ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...
@fpappenberger.bsky.social
Read more in our web article
➡️ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...
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🚨 New Blog Post 🚨
Early career Hepexers got together at our recent workshop to talk career paths in hydrological forecasting. Here’s what they came up with 👇
hepex.org.au/early-career...
Early career Hepexers got together at our recent workshop to talk career paths in hydrological forecasting. Here’s what they came up with 👇
hepex.org.au/early-career...
Early Career HEPEX Activity at the HEPEX 2025 Workshop: An Interactive Discussion on Tools, Resources & Skill Gaps in Hydrological Forecasting
An Early Career HEPEX session on “Interactive Discussion on Tools, Resources, and Skill Gaps in Hydrological Forecasting” was organized on the last day of the HEPEX 2025 workshop. This session welc…
hepex.org.au
June 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🚨 New Blog Post 🚨
Early career Hepexers got together at our recent workshop to talk career paths in hydrological forecasting. Here’s what they came up with 👇
hepex.org.au/early-career...
Early career Hepexers got together at our recent workshop to talk career paths in hydrological forecasting. Here’s what they came up with 👇
hepex.org.au/early-career...
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📣 New preprint "Probabilistic measures afford fair comparisons of AIWP and NWP model output" with Tilmann Gneiting, Tobias Biegert, Kristof Kraus, Eva Walz and Alexander Jordan available at arxiv.org/abs/2506.03744. Some details below 🧵
Probabilistic measures afford fair comparisons of AIWP and NWP model output
We introduce a new measure for fair and meaningful comparisons of single-valued output from artificial intelligence based weather prediction (AIWP) and numerical weather prediction (NWP) models, calle...
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June 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
📣 New preprint "Probabilistic measures afford fair comparisons of AIWP and NWP model output" with Tilmann Gneiting, Tobias Biegert, Kristof Kraus, Eva Walz and Alexander Jordan available at arxiv.org/abs/2506.03744. Some details below 🧵
My colleagues Julien and Jai have just published this detailed description of the 2022 Northern Rivers floods. A very readable paper on one of the most remarkable extreme events in Australia's recent history: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
How February 2022 redefines extreme floods in Australia - Communications Earth & Environment
In February 2022, Australia experienced a severe flood that significantly impacted design flood levels across the affected region, compared with a large dataset of observed floods across Australia sin...
www.nature.com
June 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
My colleagues Julien and Jai have just published this detailed description of the 2022 Northern Rivers floods. A very readable paper on one of the most remarkable extreme events in Australia's recent history: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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An #Hepex community paper led by Ilias
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
with @hepexorg.bsky.social @louiseslater.bsky.social @annie-yyc.bsky.social @jcbmmx.bsky.social @fpappenberger.bsky.social @antara-dasgupta.bsky.social @celinecattoen.bsky.social and others
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
with @hepexorg.bsky.social @louiseslater.bsky.social @annie-yyc.bsky.social @jcbmmx.bsky.social @fpappenberger.bsky.social @antara-dasgupta.bsky.social @celinecattoen.bsky.social and others
May 28, 2025 at 5:23 AM
An #Hepex community paper led by Ilias
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
with @hepexorg.bsky.social @louiseslater.bsky.social @annie-yyc.bsky.social @jcbmmx.bsky.social @fpappenberger.bsky.social @antara-dasgupta.bsky.social @celinecattoen.bsky.social and others
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
with @hepexorg.bsky.social @louiseslater.bsky.social @annie-yyc.bsky.social @jcbmmx.bsky.social @fpappenberger.bsky.social @antara-dasgupta.bsky.social @celinecattoen.bsky.social and others
New community paper on the future of hydrological prediction 👇
May 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
New community paper on the future of hydrological prediction 👇