Climate change


NEWS BRIEFING: 1000 years of climate data confirms Australia’s warming

Thu May 17, 2012

ONLINE BRIEFING –  Thursday May 17, 12.30pm AEST In the first study of its kind in Australasia, scientists have used 27 natural climate records to create the first large-scale temperature reconstruction for the region, over the past 1000 years.

ROUND-UP: Wind farms affect local temperature (Nature Climate Change*) – an expert responds

Fri Apr 27, 2012

Embargo lifted at 3am AEST Monday 30 April As wind farms spring up across the country in a bid to generate more renewable energy, new research from the US suggests that the wind farms themselves may be having a local warming effect on the climate.

AusSMC blog: Where is the science in the ABC’s ‘I can change your mind about…climate’?

Tue Apr 24, 2012

Stephan Lewandowsky asks whether the science is missing from the ABC documentary “I can change your mind about … climate”

RAPID REACTION: National Greenhouse Accounts released – experts respond

Tue Apr 17, 2012

The Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency has today released the latest National Greenhouse Accounts which compare Australia’s emissions to our Kyoto Protocol obligations. The Accounts show Australia’s carbon pollution is currently tracking at 104 per cent of 1990 levels. Australia’s Kyoto Protocol target is to limit emissions to108 per cent of 1990 levels, [...]

BACKGROUND BRIEFING: Planet Under Pressure – live from London

Wed Mar 28, 2012

ONLINE BRIEFING – Thursday March 29 at 9.30am AEDT Note: The State of the Planet declaration from the conference was released on 29th March. Download the declaration here. More than 80 Australian scientists are in London this week attending a major international conference on the state of the planet and the most pressing issues faced [...]

RAPID REACTION: State of the Climate 2012 – experts respond

Thu Mar 15, 2012

On March 14, 2012, the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology released State of the Climate 2012, an update of their 2010 report. -The paper is available online here. -There is a CSIRO media release, with a link to images/audio/video available here.

RAPID REACTION: Agreement at UN COP meeting in Durban – expert responds

Mon Dec 12, 2011

The UN COP meeting in Durban reached an agreement yesterday regarding tackling the issue of climate change. All the documents relating to the agreements are here. We asked experts to comment on the agreement and any implications.

RAPID REACTION: Ian Plimer launches new book on climate change – experts respond

Fri Dec 9, 2011

John Howard will be launching Ian Plimer’s new ‘anti-Warmist manual for the younger reader’, How to Get Expelled from School, on the evening of Monday 12 December. Scientific experts have read the book and provided their comments below.