Supercomputer discovery key to making clean fuel with carbon dioxide Community & Social Researchers are closer to turning carbon dioxide into fuel, having identified a group of ‘single atom’ catalysts using a supercomputer.
Animals are changing their body shapes to cope with climate change Wednesday September 8, 2021 By Sara Ryding and Matthew Symonds Editors' Picks New research examines novel ways animal species are coping with climate change: changing the size of their ears, tails, beaks and other appendages.
Climate change means Australia may have to abandon much of its farming Tuesday September 7, 2021 By Andrew Wait and Kieron Meagher Economy & Industry Australia must start planning for the loss of entire regional communities, and internal climate refugees.
The future is now: how the ocean can help us solve the climate crisis Wednesday July 28, 2021 By Eelco Rohling, Justin Borevitz, Philip Boyd, Kerryn Brent, Zanna Chase, Laurie Menviel, Graciela Metternicht, Andrew Roberts and Chris Turney Editors' Picks The ocean has the greatest capacity of any system on Earth to take up vast amounts of carbon. The Southern Ocean has the highest potential…
Premium Insights and analysis Expert savages federal vision for a ‘gas-led recovery’ Wednesday May 12, 2021 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry Energy policy expert Peter Newman believes the government's gas projects are doomed to become stranded assets that will rapidly lose money rather than make any…
The Briefing: Bushfire Royal Commission emphatically warns of global warming, stops short of recommending emissions reduction Monday November 2, 2020 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks The Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements Report has made extensive references to the role of global warming in exacerbating future disasters, while framing…
Australia’s inland rivers are the pulse of the outback. By 2070, they’ll be unrecognisable Tuesday April 21, 2020 By Zacchary Larkin Editors' Picks Future climate change is likely to reduce stream flow and water availability in drylands around the world. Our new research has shown, for the first…
Anatomy of a heatwave: how Antarctica recorded a 20.75°C day last month Tuesday March 31, 2020 By Dana M Bergstrom Editors' Picks Antarctica represents the simple, extreme end of conditions for life. It can be seen as a ‘canary in the mine’, demonstrating patterns of change we…
The last ice age tells us why we need to care about a 2℃ change in temperature Wednesday February 26, 2020 By Alan N Williams Editors' Picks While 2℃ might seem negligible, the peak of the last ice age was characterised by a 2-4 ℃ drop in global temperatures. This shows just…
Ex-Home Affairs staffer says ‘compassionate politics’ needed to deal with climate change Tuesday January 14, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Energy & Environment A former Department of Home Affairs staffer has criticised the federal government for failing to adopt a 2018 plan on preparing for natural disasters, including…
Scientists looked at sea levels 125,000 years in the past. The results are terrifying Tuesday November 12, 2019 By Fiona Hibbert Editors' Picks Sea levels rose 10 metres above present levels during Earth’s last warm period 125,000 years ago, according to new research that offers a glimpse of…
We want to learn about climate change from weather presenters, not politicians Monday September 23, 2019 By David Holmes & Stephanie Hall Editors' Picks One of the great paradoxes of climate change communication in Australia is that politicians command the most attention on the issue, yet are among the…
Can Paris achieve what Kyoto could not for carbon reduction? Friday June 12, 2015 By Jon Stanford Features Between the developing world paradox, and the intractable political failure in Australia, the problem of climate change has limited solutions. Former government economist on climate…
Canberra's climate change brain drain becoming critical Wednesday May 27, 2015 By David Donaldson News Climate change expertise is being lost from the public sector as the government fails to fill board vacancies and departments stop commissioning climate policy modelling…
