Extreme heatwaves are landscape-scale shocks to our natural, agricultural and social systems that occur against the backdrop of rising average temperatures.
Their increasing severity is posing major societal challenges.
With each passing season, high temperature records are being broken globally, with heatwaves now occurring across more than 10% of the Earth’s terrestrial surfaces (up from 1% in the 1960s).
Extreme heatwaves are landscape-scale shocks to our natural, agricultural and social systems that occur against the backdrop of rising average temperatures.
Their increasing severity is posing major societal challenges.
Professor Lloyd Hollenberg
The Australian Academy of Science has pleasure in presenting the 2025 Lloyd Rees Lecture. Professor Lloyd Hollenberg FAA will give his lecture on Thursday 6 November 2025 at CSIRO in Clayton, Victoria.
Event details
Date: Thursday 6 November 2025
Time: 2.30pm–4.30pm AEDT (2.30pm for lecture, 3.30pm for afternoon tea)
The Australian Academy of Science looks forward to congratulating the recipients of the 2025 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science.
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Together, we will honour outstanding achievements and celebrate excellence spanning the breadth and depth of Australian science.
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To find out, join the Australian Academy of Science for the 2026 Public Speaker Series.
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