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Climate change: 1.5°C is closer than we imagine
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.
David Spratt

Apr 5, 2018

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Commentary

Warming past 1.5°C: Quantifying our Faustian bargain with fossil fuels
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.
David Spratt

Feb 1, 2018

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Coal

Displacing coal with wood for power generation will worsen climate change, say researchers
New research has challenged the view that wood bioenergy is carbon neutral, and shows wood pellets actually emit more CO2/kWhr than coal.
David Spratt

Jan 19, 2018

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Policy & Planning

What we learned about climate in 2017 – and why it’s terrifying
2017 marks the first time scientists concluded certain events could not have occurred – like, at all – without global warming.
David Spratt

Jan 15, 2018

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Policy & Planning

Paris 1.5-2°C target far from safe, say world-leading scientists
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.
David Spratt

Jul 27, 2017

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Policy & Planning

Australians say climate change is catastrophic risk, even as government turns blind eye
Three in four Australians understand that climate warming poses a “catastrophic risk,” even as the Australian government turns a blind eye.
David Spratt

May 29, 2017

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“Saving the Reef”: The triumph of politics over science?
Will the policies of either major party actually “Save the Reef,” or is this a case of politics triumphing over science?
David Spratt

May 31, 2016

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As 2015 smashes temperature records, it’s hotter than you think
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?
David Spratt

Aug 24, 2015

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Time to ‘Do the math’ again: Allowing 2°C global warming is madness
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.
David Spratt

Apr 23, 2015

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Two degrees of warming closer than you may think
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.
David Spratt

Feb 9, 2015

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The carbon budget is already exhausted
Joe Hockey tried to manufacture a fiscal budget emergency whilst the real budget emergency – the carbon budget – remains hidden from view.
David Spratt

Jun 11, 2014

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With Arctic freezer door open, frigid air drains into US
Destabilisation of the Jet Stream has caused frigid air to drain into north America and Eurasia, and push unusually warm air into Arctic.
David Spratt

Jan 30, 2014

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