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Climate sceptic study finds warming is real, bad, and caused by man
Koch-funded study led by noted sceptic Richard Muller finds Earth’s land to have warmed by 1.5°C over past 250 years, humans almost entirely responsible.
Joe Romm

Jul 30, 2012

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Climate change and Victoria: high time to innovate, adapt and cope
Victoria has entered a critical decade in the race to adapt for the stresses of climate change, according to a new Climate Commission report.
Tim Flannery

Jul 24, 2012

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Must-read: ‘Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math’
Bill McKibben puts forward ‘three simple numbers’ that add up to global catastrophe – and make clear who the real enemy is.
Joe Romm

Jul 24, 2012

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2011 to be remembered as the year of extreme weather
Severe droughts, floods and landslides mark a year also notable for record-high CO2 levels and ongoing ocean warming.
Justin Norrie

Jul 12, 2012

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Two key reports highlight man’s influence on climate
Two new reports present a peer reviewed tour through the extreme weather and climate events of 2011 and conclude that mankind’s influence of manmade global warming on the climate system continues to grow, and the probability of extreme weather events is also increasing. Plus: Australian experts add their views.
Andrew Freedman

Jul 11, 2012

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Earth approaching environmental tipping point, reports say
Two separate scientific reports, including UNEP’s GEO-5, warn of the growing threat of population growth, urbanisation and consumption – not to mention climate change.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 7, 2012

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Mixed Greens: Bonn climate talks backfire
International climate talks end in indecision and disharmony; market hedges CO2 bets; renewables spend could bypass Australia.
Sophie Vorrath

May 28, 2012

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Getting to the bottom of Antarctic ice melt
A new study suggests the warming sea, not the air, is responsible for speeding the loss of ice from Antarctica.
Michael D. Lemonick

May 1, 2012

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Climate extremes: A recipe for disaster
A new report details how climate change-related weather extremes, combined with societal vulnerabilities, can result in costly disasters.
Andrew Freedman

Mar 29, 2012

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Climate change and our Pacific neighbours
A major new scientific report assesses the increasing significance – and impact – of human-forced climate change in the Pacific region.
Scott Power

Mar 21, 2012

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State of the Climate: Record high carbon and a hotter, drier Australia
An update on Australia’s climate trends finds the view unchanged: warming, driven by record CO2 emissions, will mean hotter days, warmer nights and more drought.
The Conversation

Mar 14, 2012

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Have our coal miners never heard of climate risk?
Perhaps the most appropriate backers of Greenpeace’s anti-coal campaign should be our superannuation funds and the government itself. The risks from a global carbon budget and technological change are growing rapidly. Even the head of Tata Power says “why invest in coal.” But our miners don’t want to know.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 8, 2012

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