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Email

linden.ashcroft@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Senior Lecturer, Climate Science and Science Communication
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Education
PhD
The University of Melbourne
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne

University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0003-3898-6648

Dr Linden Ashcroft

Senior Lecturer, Climate Science and Science Communication
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

45 Scholarly works
1 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    The Increasing Frequency of Heat Wave–Extreme Rainfall Whiplash Events across Australia
    DOI: 10.1175/jcli-d-25-0440.1
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Climate impacts of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation on Australia
    DOI: 10.1038/s43017-025-00747-x
  • 2025

    Journal article

    A climatology of meteorological droughts in New England, Australia, 1880–2022
    DOI: 10.1071/ES25013
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Atmospheric trends explained by changes in frequency of short-term circulation patterns
    DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-00785-7
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Consolidating historical instrumental observations in southern Australia for assessing pre-industrial weather and climate variability
    DOI: 10.1007/s00382-022-06573-x
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Australian climate warming: observed change from 1850 and global temperature targets
    DOI: 10.1071/ES22018
  • 2021

    Research Grant

    Parched: Cultures of Drought in Regional Victoria
Linden Ashcroft

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2021
Australian Institute of Policy and Science Tall Poppy Award
2020
Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Outreach Award
2014
Eureka Prize for Interdisciplinary Excellence

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2023

    Book Chapter

    Hooks and Headlines
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-91628-2_22
  • 2023

    Book Chapter

    Interactive Writing: Communicating with Your Audience Through Blogging
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-91628-2_55
  • 2023

    Journal article

    ‘The Long, Continued Dry’: Themes of the Federation Drought in Australian regional newspapers
    DOI: 10.1080/13688804.2023.2229864
  • 2022

    Journal article

    ENSO Teleconnections More Uncertain in Regions of Lower Socioeconomic Development
    DOI: 10.1029/2022GL100553

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