Climate Change

• Climate scientists sad, frustrated as extreme weather becomes the new norm

  By Riley Stuart

  Posted February 15, 2017 06:15:27 | Updated February 15, 2017 09:21:50

  Bushfires, floods and heatwaves are the new standard in Australia, leading climate scientists say, but they are growing fatigued explaining it to people who cannot accept it or have a vested interest that means they do not want to.

  Topics: climate-change, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, weather, australia, nsw, wa, qld, tas

• Leading global scientist fearing the growth of so-called 'anti-science'

  ABC Rural

  By Sarina Locke

  Posted February 14, 2017 10:14:08 | Updated February 14, 2017 12:53:18

  A former UK chief scientist warns that in an era of 'anti-science', politicians are ignoring scientific evidence and making poor policy decisions.

  Topics: climate-change, food-and-beverage, genetically-modified-food, greenhouse-gas, electricity-energy-and-utilities, agricultural-policy, sydney-2000, brisbane-4000, wagga-wagga-2650, wollongong-2500

• Humans accelerating global warming by 170 times: study

  The World Today

  By Michael Edwards

  Posted February 13, 2017 17:01:51

  Humans are driving the warming of the Earth 170 times faster than natural forces, according to a new mathematical formula.

  Topics: climate-change, weather, australia

• Scientists warn extreme weather is a result of warming planet Video

  Video
  ABC News

  1min 6sec

  Posted February 10, 2017 11:03:47

  After the hottest year on record, scientists are warning that extreme weather events are increasing as a result of global warming.

  Topics: climate-change, weather, drought, floods, bushfire, australia

• Heatwaves to be hotter, longer and more frequent, report says

  By Lexy Hamilton-Smith

  Posted February 08, 2017 07:19:07 | Updated February 08, 2017 10:08:25

  Heatwaves are becoming hotter, lasting longer and occurring more often, the Climate Council's latest report card on climate change says.

  Topics: climate-change, environment, weather, research, science-and-technology, earth-sciences, activism-and-lobbying, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, qld, australia

• Should the youth of Australia sue the government for inaction on climate change. Video

  Video
  ABC News

  5min 29sec

  Posted February 07, 2017 00:26:12

  The Q and A panel debates whether or not Australia's young people should sue the government over inaction on climate change.

  Topics: climate-change, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, environment, australia

• Calls for Pacific women to find solutions to climate change Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  4min 20sec

  Posted February 06, 2017 17:20:52

  The struggle Pacific Island nations are facing with developed countries over global emissions may be the most crucial issue affecting the future of the region, and more female leaders in the Pacific are refusing to stand on the sideline.

  Topics: climate-change, pacific, fiji

• Turtles hatchlings dying in extreme heat at Mon Repos Video

  Video
  ABC News

  1min

  Posted February 04, 2017 10:02:44 | Updated February 04, 2017 10:12:42

  It's a dire outlook for turtle hatchlings on Mon Repos beach in Queensland, with heatwave conditions proving deadly.

  Topics: animals, animal-behaviour, animals-and-nature, climate-change, bundaberg-4670, bargara-4670, qld

• Why has Adelaide's weather gone a little crazy lately?

  ABC Adelaide

  By Brett Williamson

  Posted February 03, 2017 16:03:40

  Record wind gusts, high humidity levels, flooding, flash storm cells and tornadoes — what is going on with the weather in Adelaide? We ask a senior climatologist.

  Topics: weather, climate-change, storm-disaster, storm-event, adelaide-5000

• Why emissions reductions from 'clean coal' remain a pipe dream Analysis

  By Stephen Long

  Posted February 02, 2017 13:52:28

  There have been massive efforts to attain the holy grail of "clean coal", but the current reality is that it remains a dirty way to produce energy.

  Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, coal, federal-government, climate-change, alternative-energy, australia

• Tuvalu's human rights action plan makes a statement across the Pacific and the globe Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  5min 11sec

  Posted February 02, 2017 07:50:00 | Updated February 02, 2017 10:27:53

  Tuvalu has become the first Pacific country, as well as one of the few in the world, to launch a national action plan on human rights.

  Topics: climate-change, human, pacific, tuvalu

• Rex Tillerson confirmed as Trump's Secretary of State

  Posted February 02, 2017 07:34:03 | Updated February 02, 2017 08:02:04

  The US Senate confirms Rex Tillerson as President Donald Trump's Secretary of State, filling a key spot on the Republican's national security team despite concerns about the former Exxon Mobil CEO's ties to Russia.

  Topics: donald-trump, us-elections, government-and-politics, climate-change, united-states

• West Australians embrace solar panels at record rate (photos)

  By Kathryn Diss

  Posted January 31, 2017 18:20:36

  West Australians are installing solar panels at a record rate, with the renewable energy's popularity driven by rising power prices and the falling cost of the technology.

  Topics: solar-energy, alternative-energy, climate-change, environment, perth-6000

• Hunt on for ancient DNA in Antarctica (photos)

  By Stephanie Smail

  Posted January 31, 2017 07:31:05

  Australian-based scientists are punching holes in Antarctica's sea floor to measure the impact of climate change on one of the world's most important oxygen producers.

  Topics: climate-change, earth-sciences, marine-biology, biology, research, research-organisations, antarctica

• Government defends renewable energy target after Abbott criticism

  By political reporter Henry Belot

  Posted January 30, 2017 10:44:58

  Coalition ministers are defending the Government's renewable energy target following criticism from former prime minister Tony Abbott, who has accused them of taking the public for "mugs" and losing touch with voters.

  Topics: climate-change, environment, electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, government-and-politics, federal-government, sa, australia

• US government scientists go 'rogue' in defiance of Trump (photos)

  Posted January 27, 2017 07:53:59 | Updated January 27, 2017 10:53:07

  Employees from US government agencies establish a network of unofficial "rogue" Twitter feeds in defiance of what they see as attempts by President Donald Trump to muzzle science.

  Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, information-and-communication, internet-culture, social-media, climate-change, united-states

• One Nation candidate finalised for Pilbara

  ABC North West WA

  By Joseph Dunstan

  Posted January 25, 2017 16:13:26 | Updated January 25, 2017 16:45:00

  Pauline Hanson's One Nation party has confirmed a controversial geologist will run against WA Nationals leader Brendon Grylls.

  Topics: political-parties, elections, indigenous-policy, climate-change, science-and-technology, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, perth-6000, karratha-6714, port-hedland-6721, newman-6753, wa

• Government to keep renewable energy targets despite Trump concerns

  By political reporter Henry Belot

  Posted January 24, 2017 09:33:05 | Updated January 24, 2017 09:56:50

  Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg says the Government has no plans to scrap its renewable energy targets, despite internal criticism and concerns US President Donald Trump may withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement.

  Topics: us-elections, climate-change, environment, world-politics, government-and-politics, australia, united-states

• WA's South West a climate change 'canary in the mine'

  RN

  By Bill Bunbury for The Science Show

  Posted January 20, 2017 14:32:07 | Updated January 20, 2017 14:40:07

  European settlement has altered Australia's environment in ways we're only now beginning to understand, and nowhere is that more clear than in WA's South West.

  Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, environmental-management, climate-change, forestry, rainfall, drought, bunbury-6230

• Scott Pruitt questioned on climate change in confirmation hearing Video

  Video
  ABC News

  26sec

  Posted January 19, 2017 17:39:45

  President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the US Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, is questioned on climate change during a a contentious Senate confirmation hearing.

  Topics: climate-change, world-politics, us-elections, united-states

• Fears Queensland could experience more extreme weather as temperatures rise

  Posted January 19, 2017 13:30:02 | Updated January 19, 2017 13:51:16

  The Climate Council warns that warmer global temperatures could have a severe impact on Queensland and lead to more storm surges and intense cyclone activity likely.

  Topics: environment, climate-change, storm-disaster, weather, storm-event, oceans-and-reefs, cyclones, disasters-and-accidents, cyclone, great-barrier-reef, activism-and-lobbying, federal---state-issues, qld

• Hottest year on record: Australia needs to get heat smart Opinion

  The Conversation

  Liz Hanna, Kathryn Bowen, and Mark Howden

  Posted January 19, 2017 12:53:07

  As Australia lurches from heatwave to heatwave, the message is clear: extreme heat is the new norm, so Australia needs to get "heat smart".

  Topics: climate-change, urban-development-and-planning, weather, australia

• World temperatures hit new high in 2016: NASA

  Posted January 19, 2017 05:54:07

  World temperatures hit a record high for the third year in a row in 2016, creeping closer to a ceiling set for global warming with extremes including unprecedented heat in India and ice melt in the Arctic, US government agencies say.

  Topics: climate-change, environment, science-and-technology, earth-sciences, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states

• Plans for floating city in the Pacific Video

  Video
  The World

  4min 53sec

  Posted January 17, 2017 03:32:39

  Beverley O'Connor speaks to The Seasteading Institute's Ashley Blake about plans to build the world's first floating city off the coast of French Polynesia.

  Topics: science-and-technology, community-and-society, climate-change, french-polynesia, pacific

• World's first custom-built floating city to rise off Pacific waters

  Pacific Beat

  By Stephanie Boltje

  Posted January 16, 2017 13:24:08 | Updated January 16, 2017 17:30:10

  The world's first floating city could be built off the waters of French Polynesia after the signing of an agreement for a pilot project.

  Topics: science-and-technology, community-and-society, climate-change, pacific, french-polynesia, united-states, france

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