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href="/social/blog/2339/rain-has-eased-the-dry-but-more-is-needed-to-break-the-drought/">Rain has eased the dry, but more is needed to break the drought</a></li> <li>14 Feb 2020 <a href="/social/blog/2334/explainer-dangerous-ocean-waves/">Explainer: dangerous ocean waves</a></li> <li>11 Feb 2020 <a href="/social/blog/2332/explainer-how-is-rain-forecast/">Explainer: how is rain forecast?</a></li> <li>14 Jan 2020 <a href="/social/blog/2316/why-is-your-car-telling-you-its-hotter-than-the-official-temperature/">Why is your car telling you it's hotter than the official temperature?</a></li> <li>09 Jan 2020 <a href="/social/blog/2304/hottest-driest-year-on-record-led-to-extreme-bushfire-season/">Hottest, driest year on record led to extreme bushfire season</a></li> <li>28 Nov 2019 <a href="/social/blog/2280/a-hot-and-dry-australian-summer-means-heatwaves-and-fire-risk-ahead/">A hot and dry Australian summer means heatwaves and fire risk ahead</a></li> <li>25 Nov 2019 <a 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href="/social/blog/2121/curious-kids-is-sea-water-blue-or-is-it-just-reflecting-off-the-sky/">Curious Kids: is sea water blue or is it just reflecting off the sky?</a></li> <li>29 Mar 2019 <a href="/social/blog/2102/explainer-weather-models/">Explainer: weather models</a></li> <li>22 Mar 2019 <a href="/social/blog/2085/record-breaking-winds-remembering-cyclone-vance/">Record-breaking winds: remembering cyclone Vance</a></li> <li>19 Mar 2019 <a href="/social/blog/2059/queensland-floods-the-water-journey-to-kati-thanda-lake-eyre/">Queensland floods: the water journey to Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre</a></li> <li>08 Mar 2019 <a href="/social/blog/2050/know-your-weather-bushwalking-and-camping/">Know your weather: bushwalking and camping</a></li> <li>01 Mar 2019 <a href="/social/blog/2039/201819-was-australias-hottest-summer-on-record-with-a-warm-autumn-likely-too/">2018–19 was Australia's hottest summer on record, with a warm autumn likely too</a></li> <li>21 Feb 2019 <a 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href="/social/blog/1381/tropical-cyclones-at-sea-the-ocean-below-the-storm/">Tropical cyclones at sea: the ocean below the storm</a></li> <li>17 May 2017 <a href="/social/blog/1371/weather-and-emergency-management-behind-the-scenes-at-victorias-state-control-centre/">Weather and emergency management: behind the scenes at Victoria’s State Control Centre</a></li> <li>11 May 2017 <a href="/social/blog/1344/clouds-your-questions-answered/">Clouds: your questions answered</a></li> <li>19 Apr 2017 <a href="/social/blog/1324/feeling-hot-and-bothered-its-not-the-humidity-its-the-dew-point/">Feeling hot and bothered? 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