Was Tasmania's summer of fires and floods a glimpse of its climate future?
Apr 19, 2016 06:37 am UTC| Nature
Drought, fires, floods, marine heatwaves Tasmania has had a tough time this summer. These events damaged its natural environment, including world heritage forests and alpine areas, and affected homes, businesses and...
Australia's carbon emissions and electricity demand are growing: here's why
Apr 18, 2016 06:40 am UTC| Nature
Australias greenhouse gas emissions are on the rise. Electricity emissions, which make up about a third of the total, rose 2.7% in the year to March 2016. Australias emissions reached their peak in 2008-2009. Since then...
Brazil's thriving soy industry threatens its forests and global climate targets
Apr 18, 2016 04:11 am UTC| Nature
Brazils economy is teetering on the edge of collapse. The countrys political regime has been rocked by recent corruption scandals, and impeachment proceedings are encircling the nations leaders. And yet things couldnt be...
Consensus confirmed: over 90% of climate scientists believe we're causing global warming
Apr 15, 2016 09:22 am UTC| Nature
When we published a paper in 2013 finding 97% scientific consensus on human-caused global warming, what surprised me was how surprised everyone was. Ours wasnt the first study to find such a scientific consensus. Nor...
Delaying shutting power stations will bring big disruption later: Climate Institute research
Apr 14, 2016 15:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Modelling done for the Climate Institute indicates that without big policy changes Australias path to zero emissions from the electricity sector by 2050 would mean huge disruption after 2030. The report, A Switch in...
Marine sediments unlock secrets about climate change in South Africa
Apr 14, 2016 04:50 am UTC| Nature
Climate change projections suggest that droughts will intensify in most parts of South Africa by the end of the 21st century. This is due to reduced precipitation and the loss of water through the combination of...
One day we won't need a Renewable Energy Target, because we'll have good climate policy
Apr 14, 2016 00:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Australias Renewable Energy Target (RET) has had a rough time in recent years. After a 2014 government review recommended it be abolished, both major parties eventually agreed to downsize the RET in 2015. But even with...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight