Earthquake triggers urgent call to review sea level predictions

Major earthquakes can cause land to sink and sea level to rise at a pace greater than the threat of climate-related rise, and may continue for decades after, new research reveals.

Climate change is scarring coastal habitats

Extreme climate events are exacerbating the impact of climate change in Australian marine ecosystems causing, in some cases, irreversible change underscoring the importance of adaptation and innovative solutions in the marine environment.

Saving the climate – and tourist jobs

Systems thinking can help climate change decision-makers identify and test adaptation measures that will benefit tourism, local communities and the natural environment.

Conservatives should want to act on climate change

Conservatives shouldn’t be prepared to see the homes and businesses Australians have worked hard for being lost to more intense droughts, bushfires or floods.

Australia can prosper by fighting climate change

If Australia is to realise its immense opportunity in a zero-carbon world, it will need a different policy framework. We can make a strong start even with the incomplete and weak policies and commitments we have today.

Saving the mountain pygmy-possum from climate change

Scientists have come up with a radical plan to save the critically endangered mountain pygmy-possum: take some from their alpine habitat and introduce them to a warmer, lowland rainforest environment.

The high climate cost of virgin forest destruction

The consequences of the hastening destruction of intact tropical forests is even more devastating on the climate than previously thought, according to University of Queensland-led research.

Extinction Rebellion: how to craft a protest brand

Branding is everything these days, and the environmental movement Extinction Rebellion has succeeded in gaining attention in part because of a unified marketing effort.

Climate threatens Australia’s national security

Climate change is already posing significant challenges to governance, our institutions and the fabric of our societies. It’s time we recognise the potential threats to security in our region as well.

Coral bleaching is caused by more than just heat

Analysis of reef damage in the Indo-Pacific during the 2016 El Nino reveals that several different stressors influence bleaching rather than just additional heat.

Morrison’s New York climate no-show

Despite being in the United States, and the massive climate protests on Friday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison won’t be going to the UN Climate Action Summit in New York next week.

Climate change drives global political and religious strife

Based on information obtained from National Centre for Climate Restoration in Melbourne, Alan Stevenson outlines the threat which climate change poses to vulnerable nations around the world, and its role as a catalyst in terrorism and political instability.