climate change Archives - Page 70 of 71 - Renew Economy

How much coal is too much?
As Arctic sea ice disappears, Queensland’s coal industry is planning to increase exports on a scale utterly incompatible with a commitment to tackle climate change.
Georgina Woods

Sep 20, 2012

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Climate change will transform the Australian bush…
…and we’ll have to think big to cope, says new CSIRO research, which predicts that by 2070, Australia will have environments that don’t exist today.
David Hilbert

Sep 18, 2012

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Mitt Romney to biosphere: Drop dead
The GOP Presidential candidate’s pledge to ignore the gravest preventable threat to humanity should be enshrined in the anti-science hall of shame.
Joe Romm

Sep 11, 2012

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Republican Convention recap: How the GOP mocked climate change
If it wasn’t already obvious, it’s now abundantly clear where the US Republican Party stands on the most pressing issue of our time.
Stephen Lacey

Sep 3, 2012

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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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