Menu Close
The Conversation

Articles on Climate change

Displaying 6661 - 6680 of 6874 articles
Geo-engineering should be a last resort; there are better steps we can take first. Truthout.org

Talking about geo-engineering may prevent us needing it

David Karoly, The University of Melbourne

A lack of global action to combat climate change is forcing scientists to explore measures that might have been considered unethical a decade ago. With carbon dioxide emissions tracking at the high end…
The scandal isn’t the emails, it’s the hacking. UN Climate Change

There is a real climategate out there

Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Bristol

Emails from the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit have once again been hacked and released on the internet. The timing is similar to the “climategate” scandal of 2009, with emails published…
When it comes to weather, scientists and the media have different understandings of risk. Ameel Khan

Spinning uncertainty? The IPCC extreme weather report and the media

Roger Jones, Victoria University

The “reasonable person” would agree that disaster risk is best avoided. Under a changing climate, how exposed people are to risk and how socially and physically vulnerable they are affects how often disasters…
Environmentalists are getting off the streets and into the courts in an effort to stop coal. Takver

Dragging coal through the courts: an alternative emissions-reduction strategy

Brad Jessup, The University of Melbourne

The bill creating the carbon price has passed through Parliament. However, the campaigning efforts of the environmental lobby will not pause. More than ever, the coal industry is in its sights, with court…
There’s a lot of detail in the carbon price legislation, but it comes down to six key points. Australian Government

Explainer: Australia’s carbon price mechanism in six dot points

Rosemary Lyster, University of Sydney

Australia’s carbon price mechanism has become law. But how does it work? There are six key points: 1. Australia’s emissions trajectory Australia has committed unconditionally to reduce its greenhouse gas…
The media can’t get enough of the controversy whipped up by climate sceptics. Mat McDermott

Improving climate change reportage – a must for the media enquiry

Mary Debrett, La Trobe University

When announcing the media enquiry in September this year, Senator Conroy committed to regulatory processes that support “a healthy and independent media that is able to fulfill its essential democratic…
Passing the carbon price through the Senate is a victory, but there is plenty yet to be done. AAP Image/Alan Porritt

Celebrate a carbon tax, then take three steps to a zero carbon Australia

Chris Riedy, University of Technology Sydney

At long last, the Gillard Government’s carbon price is law. On July 1 next year, approximately 500 of our biggest companies will start paying the government $23 for every tonne of greenhouse gas they emit…
Coral bleaching is a serious issue, but we’re learning how reefs can best recover. AFP/Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

Back from the bleach – how isolation helps coral reefs recover

Zoe Richards, Western Australian Museum

Coral reefs around the world are under pressure from multiple threats. A burgeoning gas industry – such as that near Gladstone – is one of the newest of these. Pollution, sedimentation, declining water…
It looks delicious, but is a diet free of red meat better for the planet? stu spivack

Could your diet save the planet?

Richard Eckard, The University of Melbourne

By now most of us have read articles suggesting we “eat less red meat and save the planet”. Some may also have heard statements by the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Dr Rajendra…

Related Topics

  1. Agriculture
  2. Carbon emissions
  3. Drought
  4. Environment
  5. Flooding
  6. Fossil fuels
  7. Global warming
  8. Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG)
  9. Paris Agreement
  10. Renewable energy

Top contributors

More