Bureau of Meteorology experts have announced that the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) is in a negative phase for the first time in five years.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has officially declared yet another climatic phenomenon likely to add to unrelenting rain on Australia’s east coast. The Indian Ocean Dipole affects rainfall ...

How climate change impacts the Indian Ocean dipole, leading to severe droughts and floods Date: January 4, 2023 Source: Brown University Summary: Researchers now have a much better understanding ...

Negative Indian Ocean Dipole could see increased rainfall over winter One of Australia’s big climate drivers is changing, and that could mean an alteration to the weather outlook that won't be ...

How climate change impacts the Indian Ocean dipole, leading to severe droughts and floods A study led by Brown researchers showed how melting ice water from massive glaciers can ultimately lead to ...

Australia, the Indian Ocean Dipole and El Nino After a winter of drought, Australia faces failing summer rains too as the oceans adopt an unfavourable pattern.

El Nino likely to peak Nov-Jan; models indicate further warming of Pacific. Positive IOD to bring rains to India, but could be offset by El Nino. CPC & BoM forecast El Nino to persist till Feb '24 ...

A negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) has just been declared, meaning some serious wet weather is likely for large areas of the country throughout the rest of the year.

Ocean temperature readings are pointing to a weather pattern that was a major factor in Australia's disastrous Black Summer bushfires of 2019.