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A new study unpacks how Victoria’s eucalypt forests have coped with past bushfires – with lessons for the future.
Rolling out a new program to encourage electric hot water could slash household costs and cut emissions.
Relocating trees to protect forests struggling with climate change seems promising, but the extreme complexity of ecosystems poses challenges.
About 4% of UK homes have air conditioning, concentrated in wealthier households.
New modelling suggests hotter summers could place new demands on NZ’s electricity system, increase heat-related deaths and hit vulnerable people hardest.
A proposed law change would end an activist’s landmark climate case. It also raises questions about whether NZ’s domestic laws match its global commitments.
More than 90% of the heat trapped by greenhouses goes into the ocean. But what happens in the oceans doesn’t stay there.
A public health researcher explains the signs to watch for that someone is developing heat exhaustion or heat stroke, and what to do.
Three new federal polls since Monday produce a mixed bag of results for One Nation, but all good news for the government.
Crown-of-thorns starfish and long-spined sea urchins can rapidly devour healthy reefs.
Apartments built to today’s standards could be too hot for future comfort for about four weeks a year in Redfern and more than seven weeks in Penrith.
A hotter, drier and more fire-prone future is putting these unique trees at risk.
Rice is life for billions of people. But this grain crop depends heavily on irrigation – and the looming El Niño is likely to bring dry conditions.
After a dismal start to the ski season, abnormally warm conditions in Australia are likely to continue for the coming weeks.
It’s the new reality in an Arctic where the climate is changing fast.
Citizens don’t just respond to disasters. They also respond to how governments manage them.
Many of Australia’s shimmering seaweed forests are disappearing as the oceans get hotter. It’s time for an insurance policy.
Europe is the fastest warming continent – almost all of its heat records have been broken in the 21st century.
Scientists don’t know enough about the food habits of less social bees. Here’s why that urgently needs to change.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW
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Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Director, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, Australian National University
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Adjunct professor, UNSW
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Former Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex, University of Staffordshire
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Director of the Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Deputy Director, Engagement and Impact, The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century, Australian National University
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Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne