Greta Thunberg – Time’s 2019 Person of the Year
Young Swedish environmentalist sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg has been named Time’s Person of the Year 2019. She is the youngest Person of the Year to be printed on [...]
Environment
Greenland has lost 3.8 trillion tonnes of ice since 1992
Greenland has lost 3.8 trillion tonnes of ice since 1992 – enough to push global sea levels up by 10.6 millimetres, according to international research. The study shows [...]
Now Australian cities are choking on smoke, will we finally talk about climate change?
Blanche Verlie, University of Sydney I moved to Sydney less than five weeks ago and the city has been shrouded in smoke haze on and off since then. I joke this is my [...]
Smarter than the average crow? – Crows plan three steps ahead like (some) humans
Have you ever watched the Alfred Hitchcock film the Birds and wondered what would it be really like if birds acted together – as a collective, planned and took over the [...]
Climate change is poised to deliver more Black Saturdays in decades to come
Scott Hamilton, University of Melbourne Ten years ago, on February 7, 2009, the Black Saturday bushfires killed 173 people. More than 2,000 houses were destroyed in Victoria, [...]
The Past Four Years – The Warmest On Record
Key Points: The warmest 20 years on record have been in the past 22 years Extreme and high impact weather affected many countries and millions of people Many of the extreme [...]
A million dead fish can’t be wrong we need more water returned to the rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin
Rod Campbell, Research Director, The Australia Institute says there are Three things that are clear from the Royal Commission’s report into the Murray-Darling Basin The [...]
Amid blackout scare stories, remember that a grid without power cuts is impossible… and expensive
Dylan McConnell, University of Melbourne Last Friday the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) released its annual Electricity Statement of Opportunities. This was widely [...]
Global warming hits the poorest hardest, new research shows
Finding published today in Geophysical Research Letters, states that while Australia will still be “the lucky country when it comes to changes in local climate as a [...]
Report: Fossil Fuels Failed To Provide Energy Security During The February 2017 Heatwave
A report by the Australia Institute’s Climate & Energy Program shows that coal and gas failed to provide energy security during the February 2017 heatwave. The report [...]
