South Australia’s McLaren Vale is leading the way in adapting to climate change, but the future for vineyards is still uncertain.
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The wine industry is sensitive to climate change, but grape growers also have the funding and knowledge to put themselves at the forefront of climate adaptation. Other farmers should watch with interest.
The reality of climate policy is it’s often provincial governments or city councils who are the most ambitious, especially where national governments leave a policy void.
A gigantic sunspot almost 130,000 km across captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamic Observatory on October 23, 2014.
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The recent claim that we might enter a mini ice age in 15 years is not only bad science, but it represents a failure of communication by both scientists and journalists.
People were talking about heatwaves long before the data proved they were on the rise.
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Will J Grant, Australian National University e Erin Walsh, Australian National University
The history of climate change is writ large in literature - and not just scientific journals. An analysis of Google’s vast library shows a rise in use of phrases such as “unusual weather” and “heat wave”.
Study raises new questions over the rate of ice melting, and thus sea level rise.
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NASA’s former climate chief, James Hansen, is lead author on a paper that predicts rapidly rising seas this century, but not all climate scientists believe the study’s models are convincing.
Chicago has encouraged green roofs to reduce water runoff and energy consumption in buildings.
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Mayors from the around the world are at the Vatican to discuss climate change, a global issue that’s proving to be most effectively addressed at the local level.
Is the sun setting on Britain’s energy ambitions?
Tommy Clark
Immersion in seawater kills sea turtle eggs, suggesting that sea turtles are increasingly at risk from rising seas, according to research published today in Royal Society Open Science.
A sensor monitors carbon dioxide from the rooftop of the SF Exploratorium.
Alexis Shusterman
Scientists build network of inexpensive air monitors to track emissions with fine-grained spatial detail – an alternative to satellites or pricey land-based CO2 monitors.
Ben Oquist, former chief of staff to Greens leaders Bob Brown and Christine Milne, says Tony Abbott risks being on the ‘wrong side of history’ at the 2015 Paris climate summit.
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Ben Oquist on the direction of the Greens and the Senate crossbench
Ben Oquist, Executive Director of the Australia Institute, talks to Michelle Grattan about the current direction of the Greens, the Senate crossbench, climate change, and much more.
Icy waters off the western Antarctic Peninsula.
Kathryn Smith
Hundreds of meters below the surface of the freezing ocean surrounding Antarctica, the seafloor is teeming with life. The animals living there have no idea that an army is on the brink of invading their tranquil environment.
Research and technology can improve the yield and sustainability of crops like wheat.
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Yes, environmental racism is still a problem, but recent research shows that minority groups care about protecting the environment because of the positive experiences they’ve had.
The latest papal encyclical provides a lesson in public discourse.
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You can read part 1 of this essay here. Yesterday in Part 1 I argued that the most enduring of the great crimes of the 20th century will surely prove to be human disruption of the Earth’s climate. Its…