Climate change is transforming the Arctic, with impacts on the rest of the planet. A geographer explains why he once doubted that human actions were causing such shifts, and what changed his mind.
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There are more satellites than ever before, orbiting Earth and collecting data that's crucial for scientists. Why do some nations choose not to share that data openly?
Despite scientists' initial concerns, federal climate change data sets are still available. But other documents and web pages have changed over the last year.
The creation of climate models with open source code, available for anyone to use, has improved scientific collaboration and helped research get more efficient.
Long-term climate modelling may appear to focus on the impossibly far future. But the full impact of some climate processes won't be apparent for centuries.
Research can be spun, within hours, into a story of past failure. In fact, it's a case of continuous improvement.
Politicians are always being told to trust what climate scientists are telling them. But can you have too much of a good thing? What happens when the exchange of ideas becomes too cosy?
The Antarctic Treaty was signed 58 years ago today, protecting the continent for peace and science.
Players in the climate science game 'CO2peration' become a particle of sunlight, and travel on a journey to find out why we have liquid water at Earth’s surface.
Some claim that scientists avoid publishing results that go against the consensus on man-made climate change. But this is simply untrue.
Climate scientists often bombard their audiences with facts and figures - a method of communication that often doesn't work. Perhaps this is where cli-fi can step in, with its compelling characters and just slightly embellished science.
More and more research shows that we are likely to pass the 2 degree Celsius temperature limit much of the world has agreed on. Where did that limit come from, and what if we miss it?
The ice sheet is melting and permafrost is thawing. What's happening in Greenland will speed up climate change across the world.
While climate denialism impedes policymaking in both the US and Australia, there are key differences in their political and public cultures.
Thirty years after the Supreme Court ruled that creationism cannot be required in schools, 'creation science' is still taught in some schools. What are the implications for climate education?
Why use satellites to study Earth's climate? Researchers leading a new mission explain how images from space will help them analyze which parts of the Americas soak up the most carbon.
People worry Washington is losing respect for science and even the centuries-old scientific method. Two climate scientists explain how science can be done when talking about the future.
The sun is more powerful today than when we last had similar levels of carbon in the atmosphere.
We need international agreement on a set of Earth's 'vital signs' and how to measure them.
During a Q&A discussion about climate change, Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie said it was four degrees hotter 110,000 years ago. Is that right?
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Research Assistant Professor, Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University
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ARC DECRA Fellow, UNSW
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ARC DECRA Fellow, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
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Chair Professor, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
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ARC Future Fellow, UNSW
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ARC Laureate Fellow, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
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Leader, NESP Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub, CSIRO
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Professor emeritus, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
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ARC DECRA fellow, University of Melbourne
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Professor of Earth Science and Climate Change, Director of PANGEA Research Centre, Director of Chronos 14Carbon-Cycle Facility, and UNSW Director of ARC Centre for Excellence in Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, UNSW
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Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow; Deputy Director of the Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC); Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence in Climate System Science, UNSW
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Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
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Earth and paleo-climate scientist, Australian National University
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