For years, Australian biologist Jennifer Marohasy has questioned the reliability of the Bureau of Meteorology’s (BoM) historical temperature records, which shows a significant rise in Australia over the past decades. The BoM attributed the record-breaking hot temperatures to human-caused global warming, but Marohasy asked whether at least some of the warming was natural and whether the other…
Scientists Take Australian Bureau of Meteorology to Court Over Reliability of Temperature Records
Bureau of Meteorology Boss Apologises
Bureau of Meteorology boss Andrew Johnson has apologised for the confusion caused by the agency’s request to be referred to as “the bureau”. In mid-October, the national weather forecaster asked media outlets to ditch its longstanding nickname “the BOM” in favour of its full name “the Bureau of Meteorology” or “the bureau”. The statement, which…
Bureau of Meteorology Rebranding Exercise Shut Down By Minister
Australia’s federal minister for the environment and water has shut down the Bureau of Meteorology’s (BoM) rebranding exercise telling the department to focus on the weather instead of what people call it. Environment Minister, Tanya Plibersek, told The Guardian on Wednesday that Australians should be free to call it whatever they like and that she did…
Australian Bureau of Meteorology Name Change Sparks Storm
The Bureau of Meteorology’s unexpected $70,000 (US$44,000) rebranding of its nickname under the former government has sparked a maelstrom of bemused and waggish responses. The national weather forecaster asked media outlets to stop referring to it by its longstanding household nickname, “the BoM”, or “the Weather Bureau”. Instead, it wants to be called “the Bureau” at…
Pacific Communities Brace for a 3rd Consecutive ‘La Nina’ Weather Pattern
The La Nina weather phenomenon is poised to return for a third year in a row, which may result in dry conditions in the central Pacific and excessive rainfall in other parts of Pacific, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP) said Tuesday. SPREP stated that the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) La Nina…
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