Climate change
-
Great Barrier Reef could face another big coral bleaching event this yearNew report to UN world heritage committee criticises Australia’s lack of planning in dealing with effects of climate change
-
Climate scientists face harassment, threats and fears of 'McCarthyist attacks'Researchers will have to deal with attacks from a range of powerful foes in the coming years – and for many, it has already started
-
Aerosol study to look at great unknown in climate scienceAustralian scientists seek to understand how non-carbon aerosolised particles affect global temperatures
-
Trump's potential science adviser William Happer: hanging around with conspiracy theorists
Planet Oz Trump's potential science adviser William Happer: hanging around with conspiracy theorists
The Princeton atomic physicist is no climate scientist – and he’s pushing the same old denier myths -
Urban heat islands: cooling things down with trees, green roads and fewer carsAs city temperatures rise, with a negative impact on health, councils are coming up with some innovative solutions
-
Do mild days fuel climate change scepticism?Weatherwatch When it comes to the weather, research suggests people often trust the evidence of their own eyes rather than expert opinion
-
It’s up to progressives to fight back against this idiocy-promoting rhetoric and save the Earth
Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia
-
Turnbull says own rooftop solar not inconsistent with 'clean-coal' messagePrime minister agrees his personal 14.5kW system on the roof of his Sydney home, with battery storage, is a ‘large array’
-
When one half of the population literally cannot imagine how the other half thinks, small talk about the weather is an entrée to our shared humanityConversation’s last refuge: the art, and heart, of talking about the weather
-
Scientists to repeat 19th-century ship's crossing of polar ice capAmbitious Mosaic expedition will study weather patterns and life in melt ponds from vessel drifting with the ice current
-
Images of new bleaching on Great Barrier Reef heighten fears of coral deathExclusive: Coral bleaching found near Palm Island as unusually warm waters are expected off eastern Australia, with areas hit in last year’s event in mortal danger
-
Australia’s new normal … as city temperatures hit 47C people shelter from the deadly heatIn Sydney’s baking suburbs, fans have sold out – and fears about the effects of climate change are mounting
-
The Minerals Council seems mostly intent on using its submission to electoral donations committee to kneecap environmental groups opposed to new minesDeep-pocketed miners don’t like it when those with different views wield clout
-
Ken Montague obituaryOther lives: Climate change activist, lecturer and trade unionist who played a large part in the Grunwick dispute
-
Climate change doubled the likelihood of the NSW heatwave – let’s be clear, this is not naturalRapid warming trend sees heat records in Australia outnumber cold records by 12 to one over the past decade
Anxiety is a way of life for Gen Y. In an insecure world, is it any surprise?