Climate, extremes and collaboration: highlights from AMOS 2026
Australian early-to-mid summer 2025-26: a land divided by polarising extremes
Our Future Oceans: Inside Australia ' s new national ARC Centre of Excellence
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BAMOS February 2026
Bulletin February 2026
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President ' s report
AMOS President report by Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
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Climate, extremes and collaboration: highlights from AMOS 2026
More than 400 scientists and professionals across meteorology, oceanography, climate and other fields came together in Nipaluna / Hobart for the 2026 AMOS conference in February. In this article, Melissa Lyne highlights the week ' s most notable takeaways.
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Australian early-to-mid summer 2025-26: a land divided by polarising extremes
From floods and cyclones in the north to bushfires and recordbreaking heatwaves in the south, Australia was hit by a series of contrasting extreme weather events between December 2025 and January 2026. Interestingly, some of these events may have been connected.
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Our Future Oceans: Inside Australia ' s new national ARC Centre of Excellence
Australia ' s oceans are changing. From ocean warming and sealevel rise to coastal erosion and shifts in ocean circulation, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Our Future Oceans, launching in 2026, will investigate these changes and develop solutions to help protect our oceans. Here, we take a deep dive into the new centre ' s mission, structure and research programs.