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Graph of the Day: Burning the carbon sink
The fires in NSW remind us of the many vulnerabilities the world’s natural carbon sinks face. How important are they to the delicate climate balance?
Lindsay Wilson

Oct 25, 2013

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Hundreds of millions of global poor will be affected by warming oceans
Study finds unchecked global warming would have ‘massive’ ramifications for the up to 870m poor people worldwide who rely on seas for food and livelihoods.
Jeff Spross

Oct 24, 2013

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Weather on steroids: NSW bushfires an unprecedented challenge
Last year in the US, unprecedented fire behaviour presented a huge and costly challenge for emergency managers. It’s playing out for us in Australia today.
Melanie Fitzpatrick

Oct 24, 2013

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Let’s talk bushfires and climate politics
The thought that bushfire emergencies in spring could become more common is very uncomfortable. That’s why right now – in the middle of a scary, hard to control bushfire that threatens homes and lives in NSW – is exactly when we should talk about climate change and how Australia is actively contributing to making it worse.
Paul Gilding

Oct 22, 2013

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Global clean energy investment down in 3rd quarter, 2013
Global investment in clean energy during the third quarter of 2013 was down 14% on this year’s second quarter and 20% below 2012′s Q3.
Joshua S Hill

Oct 18, 2013

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The fire raisers: Why we need to talk about climate change
Despite our angry summer, warm winter and balmy spring, many commentators still refuse to acknowledge the role of climate change in the furious fire season confronting us.
Wayne Smith

Oct 18, 2013

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Capital markets ignoring risk of unburnable carbon: report
Report says financial markets ignoring risk that carbon budget restrictions will leave fossil fuel reserves in the ground, and investor assets stranded.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 16, 2013

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Graph of the Day: Climate science for beginners
For those not up to reading the IPCC’s latest report, some simple charts and a short guide explaining how humans are warming the world. Written for humans.
Lindsay Wilson

Oct 15, 2013

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Earth may have warmed 5C in 13 years when CO2 levels doubled
PETM and associated carbon pulse “are often touted as the best geologic analog for the current” manmade rise in CO2 levels, as a new study notes.
Joe Romm

Oct 14, 2013

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Australia to see worse drought thanks to intensifying El Niño
New research by the Bureau of Meteorology shows El Niño will intensify between 2050 and 2100 thanks to climate change.
James Whitmore

Oct 14, 2013

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Up to five billion face ‘entirely new climate’ by 2050
A study has found about 5 billion people currently live in areas where the climate will exceed historical bounds of variability by 2050.
Andrew Freedman

Oct 11, 2013

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The micro(grid) solution to the macro challenge of climate change
Investing in microgrids that integrate distributed, renewable resources can provide energy infrastructure that is both more reliable and more sustainable.
Leia Guccione

Oct 8, 2013

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