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Australian experts call for more climate action
Open Forum | October 29, 2018Twenty two eminent Australian scholars and health experts have signed a letter demanding the Federal Government phase out coal by 2050 following its rejection of a United Nations (UN) report warning that world has 12 years to limit a climate change catastrophe.
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We have so many ways to pursue a healthy climate – it’s insane to wait any longer
Peter Doherty | October 26, 2018Humanity faces a wide spectrum of “wicked” environmental challenges, from sustaining food production to providing clean water and maintaining wildlife diversity and the green environments that ensure the survival of complex life on Earth but there are many practical measures we can and should take now to start making things better.
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The climate threat to cities past and present
Open Forum | October 19, 2018The fall of Angkor has long puzzled historians, archaeologists and scientists, but now a University of Sydney research team is one step closer to discovering what led to the city’s demise — and it comes with a warning for modern urban communities.
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What the past can tell us about the future of climate change
Russell Drysdale | October 16, 2018For several millennia during the last interglacial period, temperatures were higher than pre-industrial levels. Given the dire forecasts of global warming’s impact, what can the historical record tell us about the future of our climate?
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How are we doing on a ‘Green New Deal?’
Edward Robinson | October 9, 2018As the IPCC publishes its new report on global warming of 1.5 degrees, we need a political and economic stock-take on the measures we’re taking to fight climate change.
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Stronger winds could trigger rapid change in Southern Ocean
Open Forum | October 5, 2018A new IMAS study has found that an increase in average wind speeds could lead to abrupt physical changes in the Southern Ocean, with significant implications for climate change.
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Will 2018 be the year of climate action?
Chris Turney | October 2, 2018As climate extremes mount, let’s reflect on Victorian London’s ‘Great Stink’ sewage crisis – when things finally became so bad authorities were forced to accept evidence, reject sceptics, and act.
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Climate change tops the concerns of Gen X and Gen Y
Julia Cook | September 20, 2018Climate change is the number one cause for concern for both Generation X and Generation Y and they aren’t impressed by government efforts to tackle environmental challenges.
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Cooling Darwin to save lives
Diane Nazaroff | September 4, 2018Urban overheating threatens the lives of people in Darwin, but researchers from UNSW’s Faculty of Built Environment have calculated how many lives could be saved by changing the city.
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Rising seas will displace millions of people – and Australia must be ready
Jane McAdam | August 27, 2018Climate change will provoke rises in sea levels unseen since the end of the last ice age. Vast numbers of people who currently live beside the sea will be threatened and Australia will have to play its part in managing the crisis to come.
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Humanity has a big decision to make in the climate end-game
Ian Dunlop | August 24, 2018Humanity has a big decision to make very soon about its future on warming planet, but the Federal Coalition is still in denial that human-induced climate change even exists, let alone that the climate end-game is upon us.
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Earth could be heading for a hothouse climate
Open Forum | August 8, 2018An international study has found the Earth is at risk of entering a hothouse climate that could lead to global average temperatures of up to five degrees Celsius higher than pre-industrial temperatures and long-term rises in the sea level of between 10 and 60 metres.