What is a cyclone and how is it different to a hurricane?
What is a cyclone and how is it different to a hurricane? - Explore the distinctions between cyclones and hurricanes, ...
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Could a tropical cyclone hit Sydney? What climate change science does — and doesn't — say about future storms
As global temperatures climb, scientists say some of the things that made Tropical Cyclone Alfred unique — such as ...
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Cyclone Alfred is slowing—which could make it more destructive. Here's how climate change may have influenced it
Cyclones typically need water temperatures of 26.5°C or more to form. More than 90% of all extra heat trapped by greenhouse gas emissions is stored in the seas. The oceans are the hottest on ...
Madagascar's lemurs live with the threat of cyclones. Has this shaped their behavior?
a region of the Indian Ocean where tropical cyclones typically form and develop. Madagascar has experienced 69 cyclones ...
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Why Tropical Cyclone Alfred is about to hook a huge right turn
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is set to make landfall in southeast Queensland. This is why it's turning towards the coast.
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Tropical Cyclone Alfred is slowing down – here’s why that makes it more dangerous
“Tropical cyclones feed off the warmth of the sea, explains the deeper it is, the more heat the sea can store and radiate, creating the convection currents that form cyclones,” explains Dr Ahme ...
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Rare cyclone threatens millions on Australia’s east coast
Alfred is threatening a region that doesn’t normally experience cyclones; they typically form much further north, over warmer waters in the tropics. The delay in the storm’s arrival gave ...
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Cyclone Alfred is expected to hit southeast Queensland – the first in 50 years to strike so far south
Cyclone paths are also fairly predictable off the northwest coast of Australia. They typically form over the Timor Sea and drift southwest before shifting south and crossing the coast. Some are ...
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What is a cyclone and how is it different to a hurricane?
Cyclones form over warm oceans, gaining energy as they move. Warm air near the ocean surface absorbs water vapor and rises, beginning the process. As this warm, moist air rises, it cools ...
Cyclone Alfred is slowing – and that could make it more destructive. Here’s how climate change might have influenced it
The fact that Alfred is set to make landfall is very unusual. But we can’t yet definitively say this is due to climate change. Cyclones are steered by winds and weather patterns, and the Coral Sea’s ...
Rare cyclone threatens millions on Australia’s east coast
Millions of residents along Australia’s eastern coast are bracing for the arrival of a very slow-moving storm, the most southerly tropical cyclone to threaten the region in more than 50 years.