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Professor David Karoly
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures: Honorary Professor, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne
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Environment
Planning for climate extremes in global farming
A new study finds that climate extremes, like heatwaves and droughts, are impacting the food we get from crops. By understanding these effects we can better plan for climate change
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Sciences & Technology
Heating up: How rises in global temperature could damage the Reef
As global surface temperatures rise, new research looks at the potential impact on Australia and its Great Barrier Reef
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Sciences & Technology
How we can link some extreme weather to climate change
Australia is at the forefront of research in the rapidly developing science of “Event Attribution”
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Environment
Podcast
Whatever happened to the ozone hole?
Lessons in timely action to avert global disaster
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Sciences & Technology
Why science matters: Five of the best stories
A potential Ebola vaccine, water on Mars, record warming, 3D body parts and the cancer risks of processed meats all made headlines during the past 12 months
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Sciences & Technology
The human fingerprint on a record hot year
Global temperature records are being toppled and it’s mostly our fault