Article ID: CBB001214350

What's Happening to the Weather? Australian Climate, H. C. Russell, and the Theory of a Nineteen-Year Cycle (2014)

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The theory of a nineteen-year climate cycle put forward by acclaimed New SouthWales Government Astronomer Henry Chamberlain Russell is arguably one of his least successful contributions to science. Yet his ability to draw global connections made Russell a pioneer in the field of climate science--- one whose innovative thinking helped prepare the way for much later achievements in the field of seasonal prediction. While controversial, Russell's theory sparked intense interest in meteorology and climate cycles and, at a time when extreme weather events were putting pressure on agriculture and pastoralism in New South Wales, it addressed the question of whether the Australian climate was undergoing permanent change. An historical understanding of ideas about climate cycles illuminates current debates on how to address the problems associated with anthropogenic climate change.

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Authors & Contributors
O'Gorman, Emily
McKittrick, Meredith
Henry, Matthew
Munger, Michael Sean
O'Brien, Christian
Jones, Philip D.
Concepts
Climate change
Climate and climatology
Environment
Colonialism
Environmental history
Volcanoes and volcanology
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
21st century
20th century, early
Gilded Age (1870s-1900)
Places
Australia
New Zealand
Asia
United States
Great Britain
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