So many questions on climate change.
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Research showing that more than 90% of climate scientists agree that we’re causing global warming prompted plenty of questions. And the authors are only too happy to answer.
Research expeditions, like this one to Antarctica, don’t have to rely on governments for funding.
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In an atmosphere of declining government funding for science, researchers can drum up excitement and funding in other ways, just as they did in Edwardian times.
CSIRO chief executive Larry Marshall has announced a new climate research centre.
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The CSIRO will create a new climate research centre in Hobart with 40 climate scientists.
An overwhelming majority of those in the know believe coal fired power, such as from this Victorian plant, are contributing to global warming.
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A new study confirms that 97% of publishing climate scientists believe humans are causing global warming.
Glacier melt is one of the major contributors to global sea level rise.
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Global average sea level has risen by about 17 cm between 1900 and 2005, but we didn’t know how much of that was due to us, until now.
CSIRO chief executive Larry Marshall fronts senate estimates in February.
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A proposal for the Bureau of Meteorology to take on CSIRO climate scientists is a good idea - but CSIRO needs to make sure nothing is lost.
Spencer Gulf at sunset in South Australia.
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The summer of 2015-2016 was the hottest on record for Australia’s oceans.
Fires in Western Australia in January 2015.
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February 2016 was the hottest month by the biggest margin ever. Does that mean global warming has gone into hyperdrive?
Parts of the Arctic were 16°C warmer than normal in February.
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February was the third consecutive month to break global temperature records.
Where the ice meets the sea: Antarctica’s ice shelves play a key role in how fast ice sheets melt.
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As the world warms, Antarctica’s melting ice will likely reach the point of no return.
Senator Ian Macdonald, pictured here speaking against the carbon tax in 2014, has since described human-induced climate change as “farcical and fanciful”.
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After fighting the 1990 election on a stronger climate platform than Labor, the following two decades saw an ebb and flow of climate scepticism in the Liberal Party, which still continues today.
Climate change has been implicated in record-breaking temperatures across the 20th century.
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Record-breaking years have been almost impossible without human-caused climate change.
Million-year-old ice likely lies more than 3km below Antarctica’s surface.
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Ice cores tell us vital information about how the world’s climate has changed - and how it will change in the future.
Tropical Cyclone Winston nears Fiji on February 20, 2016.
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Cyclone Winston produced wind speeds of around 300 km per hour, making it one of the strongest storms to make landfall.
We don’t have to know exactly how high the sea might rise to start doing something about it.
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Cuts to CSIRO climate jobs will see a reduction in effort on monitoring and measuring climate change, and an increase in efforts to do something about it. That’s the most politically-sensible option.
Chief Scientist Alan Finkel appeared before a Senate estimates hearing on Wednesday.
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Chief scientist Alan Finkel comments on cuts to climate jobs at CSIRO.
What people are told about their local climate and what they experience may differ. Education and collaboration can remedy this disconnect.
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Climate scientists are finding a disconnect between communities and climate science: people simply don’t trust the information they’re receiving.
CSIRO has contributed to surprising discoveries in climate science. Pictured here is the research ship RV Investigator.
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CSIRO’s climate science has contributed a number of important, and unexpected, findings.
A reported 350 jobs will be cut from CSIRO’s staff.
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CSIRO is set to cut dozens of jobs from its climate research units, as part of a wider series of job losses to be formally announced today.
It’s all a matter of perspective.
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Former PM’s business advisor Maurice Newman recently claimed that satellite temperature data tell a different story to data collected on the ground. He’s right - but that’s how it’s meant to be.