Insight (1995)

La Nina (2011x1)

: 22, 2011

La Nina – she’s the wild child of weather and she’s causing havoc here and around the world. Scientists say this La Niña is one of the most severe on record and is directly responsible for the recent floods and for fuelling Cyclone Yasi. The opposite of El Niño - which tends to bring dryer and often drought conditions to Australia – La Niña is caused by waters in the Pacific Ocean becoming cooler. So how much is the recent extreme weather just natural climate variability? Is climate change making things worse? And in a land of droughts and flooding rains can we ever really prepare? Don’t miss INSIGHT as we take an in depth look at the recent extreme weather events and ask: Is there more to come?