Enough faffing about, the climate isn’t getting any coolerThe way in which climate change is communicated distracts from the two key topics: the urgency of our situation and the importance of leadership in taking comprehensive action now, writes Nicholas Aberle.
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Richard Dawkins, reductionism and climate change
Richard Dawkins arrived at his compelling answer to evolution through a reductionist “drilled down” process, but how well does this approach fare when measuring climate change? asks The Political Sword’s Ad astra.
Crikey Says: The climate change disconnect
There’s a bizarre disconnection between the climate change debate in Australia and reality, with Australia’s emissions continuing to grow.
climate change Warning from the past: 21st century climate trends, tipping points
The current rate of greenhouse gas rise is unprecedented in Earth history, excepting global volcanic events and asteroid impacts, writes Dr Andrew Glikson, Earth and paleo-climate scientist at the ANU.
Global warming over 1000 years: why Flannery is correct
Tim Flannery is right in his summing up of global warming, writes Dr Andrew Glikson, earth and paleoclimate scientist at the ANU.
The Long View: climate change and the search for balanced reporting
Climate change adviser Ross Garnaut recently suggested the media treatment of the issue has undermined support for action by giving equal weight to mainstream peer-reviewed science and sceptical views not backed by published evidence.
Australian Academy of Science: climate change to continue well after 2100
It is expected that, if greenhouse gas emissions continue at business-as-usual rates, global temperatures will further increase significantly over the coming century and beyond.
Crikey Says: Crikey says: a word from the experts
Today Crikey runs the final extract from the The Science of Climate Change — Questions and Answers, a report published by the Australian Academy of Science.
The Long View: earth climate in unchartered territory
The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are losing mass at an accelerating pace much sooner than model forecasts have predicted, writes Dr Andrew Glikson.
Academy of Science: how to deal with the uncertainty in the science
A balanced assessment of the available evidence and prior knowledge allows us to attach levels of confidence to the findings of climate science.
Academy of Science: what are the consequences of climate change?
By around 2030, Australian temperatures are likely to be a half degree or more higher than 1990 and the frequency of hot days and nights will have increased.
Academy of Science: how do we expect climate to evolve in the future?
Continued “business as usual” reliance on fossil fuels is expected to lead to a doubling of pre-industrial CO2 levels by about 2050, and possibly a tripling by about 2100, explains the Academy of Science.
The Long View: communicating the science honestly
It’s the Gillard versus Abbott drawcard event. The debate over carbon price legislation is a decisive battle in Australia’s climate policy war, writes author David Spratt.
Academy of Science: are human activities causing climate change?
The increase in greenhouse gas concentration happened about the same time as industrialisation, when the global human population began growing rapidly and farming also increased.
Academy of Science: how has climate changed during the recent past?
Measurements from many hundreds of thermometers around the globe, on land and over the ocean, show that the average near-surface air temperature increased over the 100 years to 2009 by more than 0.7°C.
Academy of Science: how has our climate changed in the distant past?
During the past million years, the average temperature of the Earth’s surface has risen and fallen by about 5°C, through 10 major ice age cycles. An extract from the Australian Academy of Science shows a varied climate throughout history.
The long view: re-assessing the IPCC science
In a recent speech, Professor Ross Garnaut warned that the latest scientific trends suggested increases in temperatures and sea-level rises were worse than predicted by the IPCC in 2007. Dr Andrew Glikson explains why.
Crikey Says: The climate’s changing
The climate’s changing rapidly. And we’re not talking about cO2 levels.
climate change The Australian Academy of Science: what is climate change?
The period for estimating climate is usually 30 years or more, long enough to sample a full range of weather.
Crikey Says: Climate change: the long view
Today, Crikey kicks off a new series we like to call Climate Change: The Long View.
If we didn’t like the flood levy, how will we take to a carbon price?
Now that a carbon price has been announced, there will be an increased focus on what the community thinks about who should pay, and how much, to deliver a public good through greenhouse action. A good place to start is taxpayers’ response to the flood levy, suggests Drag0nista.
Broken promises and price rises
Welcome back to the politics of climate change, Australian style, which wrecks leaderships, sunders parties and induces bizarre alliances as a matter of course.
Crikey Says: Crikey says: Gillard’s tough sell
Prime Minister Gillard’s To Do list…
Hamilton: Queensland being sacrificed to our inaction
Queensland is being sacrificed to Australia’s and the world’s unwillingness to take global warming seriously.
