‘Game changer’: facility sheds light on plants’ future
Agricultural researchers will mimic climate change at a new Queensland facility to help food growers prepare for global warming.
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Climate groups take aim at Dutton call to scrap target
Peter Dutton's pledge to scrap an emissions target would leave Australia in the dust of the race to stop global warming, climate groups and the government say.
Dunes retreating from angry ocean at alarming rate
Coastal dune fields are on the march in South Australia, retreating inland from an angry ocean at an alarming rate, scientists have revealed.
Northern summer the hottest ever measured: UN agency
The UN's World Meteorological Organization says August is estimated to have been around 1.5C warmer than the pre-industrial average.
Warming ‘made July hotter for 80 per cent of humans’
US science non-profit Climate Central says a study indicates global warming made the month of July hotter for four out of five people on the earth.
Scientists unpick Australia’s year of weather disasters
Leading climate scientists have delved into some of the most extreme weather events Australians endured last year, and there were plenty to choose from.
Peril as warming alters planet water cycle
Changes to the planet's water cycle wrought by global warming increase the risk of bushfire, drought and other disasters, a new Australian-led report says.
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Palmer seeks coal climate ruling review
Clive Palmer's Waratah Coal wants a review of a Queensland court's advice that its proposed coal mine should be rejected due to climate change impacts.
Critics lament COP27 deal lack of ambition
The COP27 climate summit has agreed to a landmark fund to help poor countries but has done little to boost efforts to curb the emissions causing global warming.
EU midway path on climate damage fund
An EU proposal to resolve an impasse at the UN climate summit in Egypt is to set up a special fund to cover loss and damage in the most vulnerable countries.
Climate project list for developing world
UN experts have published a list of projects worth $US120 billion that investors can back to help poorer countries cut emissions and adapt to global warming.
UN chief warns of ‘climate hell’ at COP27
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says the world is on "a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator."
How regional Australia beats the heat
As heatwaves are expected to become more frequent and more intense, regional Australians and their communities are learning how to adapt.