How the dynamics of a heating planet are driving extreme weather
Scientists who once studied climate change as a future threat are now grappling with the immediacy of violently altered weather patterns.
‘Cascade effect’: Amazon basin switches from carbon sink to CO2 source
The Amazon basin, one of the planet’s largest stores of carbon, is beginning to release more carbon-dioxide to the atmosphere than it absorbs as deforestation and fires spread, potentially accelerating global warming.
Southern Australian sharks and rays being ‘cornered’ by climate change
Southern Australia’s sharks and rays face mounting threats as warmer waters push more tropical species southwards and habitats change.
‘Hazards are many’: Millions found to be at risk from sea level rise
Indonesia has been identified as the country with the most land at risk to sea level rise, adding to the threats climate change will pose to Australia’s populous northern neighbour.
‘Wasted so much time’: New global panel to say carbon must be pulled from atmosphere
Governments will need to resort to extracting carbon from the atmosphere to avoid catastrophic climate change, according to the only Australian-based researcher of a new international scientific group.
Climate change drives down oxygen levels in lakes worldwide
The world’s freshwater lakes have lost as much as a fifth of their oxygen levels in four decades, a new study says, with climate change being blamed.
Climate change blamed for more than a third of heat-related deaths
Human-caused global warming was responsible for many thousands of heat-related deaths in recent decades, a fraction of the numbers expected in the future even if nations adopt ambitious emissions-cutting efforts.
Climate concerns resume rise as coal mine ban draws support, Lowy says
The majority of Australians want action on climate change even if it costs them significant money, with the longest-running poll of attitudes also showing almost two-thirds would back a ban on new coal mines.
Climate-proofing impossible without better models and super-computing
Investments worth trillions of dollars to help protect people and assets in a warming world could be wasted without more powerful computer models to predict exposure to climate change.
‘Like the anti-climate change brigade’: Water scientists under attack
A large group of water researchers has been accused of acting like a consulting consortium, a stance they reject.
