Global warming could accelerate towards 1.5℃ if the Pacific gets cranky
The tropical Pacific has a large say in how fast the world warms. GTS Productions/Shutterstock.com Ben Henley, University of Melbourne and Andrew King, University of [...]
Environment
The government is swimming against the tide on Westpac’s Adani decision
David Peetz, Griffith University and Georgina Murray, Griffith University The Australian government’s strident criticism of Westpac for not financing the Adani Carmichael [...]
The ‘clean coal’ row shouldn’t distract us from using carbon capture for other industries
Alfonso Martínez Arranz, Monash University Since the February blackouts in South Australia, the Australian government has increased its interest in carbon dioxide capture [...]
Climate change doubled the likelihood of the New South Wales heatwave
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, UNSW; Andrew King, University of Melbourne, and Matthew Hale, UNSW The heatwave that engulfed southeastern Australia at the end of last week has [...]
Turnbull Flip-Flops On Climate Change & Renewable Energy As Australians Watch On In Horror
In 2009, Malcolm Turnbull as opposition leader told Australia, ‘I will not lead a party that is not as committed to effective action on climate change as I am.’ [...]
President Trump threatens to undermine key measure of climate policy success
David Hodgkinson, University of Western Australia One of the key measures President Barack Obama used to develop climate policy could be under threat under President Donald [...]
Science loses out to uninformed opinion on climate change – yet again
Phillip Williamson, University of East Anglia Ocean acidification is an inevitable consequence of increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. That’s a matter of fact. We [...]
Giant Crack in Antarctic Ice Creating Giant Iceberg
VOA NEWS – Kevin Enochs Researchers are closely watching part of a giant shelf of ice in Antarctica that could soon become an iceberg. It’s part of the Larsen [...]
Australia’s climate in 2016 – a year of two halves as El Niño unwound
Blair Trewin, Australian Bureau of Meteorology For Australia’s climate, 2016 was a year of two halves. The year started with one of the strongest El Niño events on record [...]
Australia: 2016 fourth-warmest year on record
Australia in 2016 saw its fourth-warmest year on record, with the annual national mean temperature 0.87 °C above average. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has released [...]
