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Most of the 1 billion people in informal settlements are in the tropics where the threat of humid heat is rising. Poor weather station coverage that misses local hotspots puts them even more at risk.
To fully understand the extent of climate-related dangers the Arctic – and our planet – is facing, we must focus on organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye.
From more accurate climate modelling to the prospect of truly creative computers, the brain’s use of noise has a lot to teach us.
Why modern science needs more Claude Monets.
Climatologists study data over a long time to understand weather patterns and what causes them. Biometeorologists explore the impact that the weather and climate have on people, plants and animals.
Scott Morrison, who was embraced as a bro by Donald Trump, now seeks to become one of Joe Biden’s besties, writes Michelle Grattan
Australia can take great strides forward in climate policy and action. A reactionary, incremental approach to adaptation will fall short. Now is the time to think big.
With research that offers new insights, there is increased hope for improved climate predictions and better preparation for severe weather conditions.
The science to policy process that was developed to guide climate mitigation decisions can be applied to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, without having to be reinvented.
What caused the rise and then collapse 2,600 years ago of this vast empire centered on Mesopotamia? Clues from a cave in northern Iraq point to abrupt climate change.
At a very simple level, “weather” refers to day-to-day conditions. “Climate” describes the average over many years.
The March for Science on April 14 and Earth Day on April 22 are likely to generate big crowds demonstrating against Trump administration policies. Here are some issues they’ll be marching about.
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.
Information to weather changes is often unavailable to Africa’s farmers and even if it does exist, the quality is poor or inaccessible to those who need it most.
Activists today are racing to save climate records from the Trump administration. Secret archives were a powerful way to fight hostile political climates throughout history – from the Nazis to the Islamic State.
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?
Australasia’s warming in recent decades is unprecedented in the past millennium. But a mistake in the paper reporting this finding took four years to fix, and was viciously attacked by bloggers.
This risk of climate-exposed investments dwarfs that of the sub-prime crisis.
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer in Data & Society, The University of Edinburgh
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Professor emeritus, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
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Ph.D. Student in Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Director Sydney Environment Institute and Professor of Environmental Politics, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, Australian National University
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Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professorial Research Fellow, Victoria University
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Chief Investigator on the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes; ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Professor in Earth Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Emeritus Professor of Mineral Physics, University of Cambridge
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Professor, School of Humanities and Communication Arts & Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Director, European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter
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