Climate change: 1.5°C is closer than we imagine
By David Spratt on 5 April 2018
Global warming of 1.5°C is imminent, likely in just a decade from now. That’s the stunning conclusion to be drawn from a number of recent studies.
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Warming past 1.5°C: Quantifying our Faustian bargain with fossil fuels
By David Spratt on 1 February 2018
The climate system will heat well past 1.5 °C and perhaps up to 2°C without any further fossil fuel emissions, new research finds.
Displacing coal with wood for power generation will worsen climate change, say researchers
By David Spratt on 19 January 2018
New research has challenged the view that wood bioenergy is carbon neutral, and shows wood pellets actually emit more CO2/kWhr than coal.
What we learned about climate in 2017 – and why it’s terrifying
By David Spratt on 15 January 2018
2017 marks the first time scientists concluded certain events could not have occurred – like, at all – without global warming.
Paris 1.5-2°C target far from safe, say world-leading scientists
By David Spratt on 27 July 2017
Targeting a limit of 1.5-2°C of warning far from safe, and will spur feedbacks with potential to run out of humanity’s control.
Australians say climate change is catastrophic risk, even as government turns blind eye
By David Spratt on 29 May 2017
Three in four Australians understand that climate warming poses a “catastrophic risk,” even as the Australian government turns a blind eye.
“Saving the Reef”: The triumph of politics over science?
By David Spratt on 31 May 2016
Will the policies of either major party actually “Save the Reef,” or is this a case of politics triumphing over science?
As 2015 smashes temperature records, it’s hotter than you think
By David Spratt on 24 August 2015
There is an El Nino in full swing which helps push average global temperatures higher, and records are being broken, but just how hot is it?
Time to ‘Do the math’ again: Allowing 2°C global warming is madness
By David Spratt on 23 April 2015
Have we gone mad? 2°C of warming will bring catastrophic and irreversible consequences. We should not take risks with the climate that we would not take with civil infrastructure.
Two degrees of warming closer than you may think
By David Spratt on 9 February 2015
The world could be 2C° warmer in as little as two decades, according to the leading US climate scientist and “hockey stick” author, Dr Michael E. Mann.
Senate report recognises climate risk, but fails to draw obvious conclusions
Senate report acknowledges the huge risks of climate change and the “threat to intelligent life”. But it needs to do more than that.