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‘Worst thing I’ve ever seen’: CSIRO slashes climate modelling jobs
Australia’s science agency is cutting more than 100 jobs in its Environment Research Unit, which critics say will crush our capacity to predict climate change.
- Bianca Hall
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- Analysis
- Climate crisis
Climate whiplash: We can no longer pretend this isn’t a crisis
Australia has been riven by fires and floods this summer. What will it take to make policymakers treat this as the crisis it is?
- Bianca Hall
The past three years were the world’s hottest on record
The world is likely to miss the Paris Agreement goals to limit global heating to between 1.5 and 2 degrees above the pre-industrial average, making climate adaptation and “net negative” policies increasingly important.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Confidential advice undercooked climate change to Howard government
Cabinet briefings in 2005 warned of climate change, but did not anticipate the scale and severity of the impacts now playing out.
- Mike Foley
- Opinion
- Electric vehicles
My quest to buy an EV stalled … and it’s not just because Musk grinds my gears
The electric vehicle market is spluttering for any number of reasons. The odious Tesla chief is just one of them.
- Malcolm Knox
- Analysis
- Climate crisis
New studies suggest a key Paris warming target has been breached
A leading climate scientist believes Earth may be even more sensitive to greenhouse gases than previously thought, but there could also be an upside.
- Nick O'Malley
‘Managed retreat’: Should Australians withdraw from our beloved coastlines?
Climate change is increasing the rate and severity of coastal erosion, leading some experts to call for a “managed retreat” from beachfront development.
- Bianca Hall
Before you swallow Dutton’s nukes, look at the evidence
So, Peter Dutton tells us that his nuclear policy will be cheaper than Labor’s renewables policy. I would recommend to readers the Climate Council’s myth-busting article “The seven ways the federal Coalition could cook the books on nuclear costings”.
Pacific in peril: UN urges Australia to block new coal and gas projects
The United Nations issued a global SOS on Tuesday, releasing new data showing global sea-level rises have doubled since the 1990s.
- Bianca Hall
Reality stands in the way of Dutton’s naive nuclear quest
Economically, practically and politically, nuclear just does not stack up for Australia with its clear blue skies and plentiful winds.