Professor David Karoly

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

Disconnect: Climate change and the Australian election

Climate change is one of the top issues for the majority of Australian voters, so why are the major parties ignoring it ahead of the election?

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

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

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”

Environment

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Podcast

Whatever happened to the ozone hole?

Lessons in timely action to avert global disaster

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

Sciences & Technology

The human fingerprint on a record hot year

Global temperature records are being toppled and it’s mostly our fault