Storm Ciarán is breaking records and research suggests more severe weather in future
Nov 05, 2023 20:32 pm UTC| Nature
Storm Ciarán made landfall in south-west England and northern France overnight on November 1, with heavy rain and winds blowing up to 180 kilometers per hour (108 mph). The UK Met Office names storms each winter...
El Niño may be drying out the southern hemisphere – here's how that affects the whole planet
Nov 05, 2023 20:32 pm UTC| Nature
It is a well-known fact that water is the key to life on Earth. But it is less well known that only about 1% of all water on the planet is fresh water available to humans, plants or land-based animals. The rest is in...
The Beetaloo gas field is a climate bomb. How did CSIRO modelling make it look otherwise?
Oct 31, 2023 09:16 am UTC| Business
Even as Australia braces for a summer of projected extreme heatwaves and bushfires amid the intensifying climate crisis, the fossil gas industry is gearing up for a truly enormous new fracking project in the Northern...
How to beat 'rollout rage': the environment-versus-climate battle dividing regional Australia
Oct 23, 2023 08:13 am UTC| Insights & Views
This article is part of a series by The Conversation, Getting to Zero, examining Australias energy transition. In August, Victorias Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny made a decision that could set a difficult precedent...
Oct 18, 2023 11:29 am UTC| Nature
The drought plaguing the Amazon is a worrying portrait of the climate challenges facing the world. The combination of the El Niño phenomenon and anthropogenic climate change has played a significant role in...
The human factor: why Australia's net zero transition risks failing unless it is fair
Oct 16, 2023 09:09 am UTC| Economy
This article is part of a series by The Conversation, Getting to Zero, examining Australias energy transition. For those people focused on meeting the profound challenge of shifting our economies from fossil fuels to...
Oct 11, 2023 03:47 am UTC| Life
Climate risks can be complex to deal with because they dont respect country borders. Hazards in one region can have negative repercussions in another. These are known as transboundary climate risks, and theyre a growing...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
US student Gaza protests: five things that have been missed
Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects