Posts Tagged ‘global warming’
Seven surprising results from the reduction of Arctic Sea ice cover
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Read MoreW5: What happens when the permafrost thaws?
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Read MoreCan we hack climate change to save us all? | Foreign Correspondent
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Read MoreWhy old-school climate denial has had its day
New South Wales, which was 100% drought-declared in August 2018, is already suffering climate impacts. Michael J. I. Brown, Monash University The Coalition has been re-elected to government, and after six years in office it has not created any effective policies for reducing greenhouse emissions. Does that mean the Australian climate change debate is stuck…
Read MoreThe Industrial Revolution kick-started global warming much earlier than we realised
Helen McGregor, University of Wollongong; Joelle Gergis, University of Melbourne; Nerilie Abram, Australian National University, and Steven Phipps, University of Tasmania. Originally published at The Conversatio in 2016. In the early days of the Industrial Revolution, no one would have thought that their burning of fossil fuels would have an almost immediate effect on the…
Read MoreArctic ice loss is worrying, but the giant stirring in the South could be even worse
Nerilie Abram, Australian National University; Matthew England, UNSW, and Matt King, University of Tasmania A record start to summer ice melt in Greenland this year has drawn attention to the northern ice sheet. We will have to wait to see if 2019 continues to break ice-melt records, but in the rapidly warming Arctic the long-term…
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