Long before thermometers, nature left its own temperature records. A climate scientist explains how ongoing global warming compares with ancient temperatures.
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A drying climate and the arrival of people together finished off Australia’s megafauna.
Environmental change can be a slow creep towards disaster for species. We studied how prehistoric humans coped to help make sense of the future using video game technology.
Imagine a world ravaged by the fallout from nuclear weapons and the runaway effects of climate change. Congratulations, you’ve just imagined the Plutocene, but let’s hope it doesn’t become a reality.
The climate secrets contained in an ancient tree that lived through abrupt global change reveal how Antarctica can trigger rapid warming in the north by dumping cold water into the Southern Ocean.
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Adjunct professor, UNSW Sydney
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Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in Physical Geography, University of Southampton
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Emeritus Professor, Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
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Professor of Evolutionary Palaeoecology, Bournemouth University
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Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Northern Arizona University
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Node Leader in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, Flinders University
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