Global Warming

The as-yet-unmet costs of climate change adaptation and escalating disaster recovery are likely to be the key issues at COP27

Pollen preserved in rocks for more than 56 million years reconstruct Earth’s major climatic transition that caused mass plant migration

The latest UN climate report finds that in the absence of ambitious action on climate change, the worst is yet to come for human populations

Research monitoring the health impact of climate change highlights the escalating global emergency and the threat to the Australian way of life.

Researchers have found a material that quickly kills bacteria in drinking water, creating a safe and cheaper alternative to chlorine.

The loss of fertility in males as a result of climate change, particularly in the tropics, may be a better predictor of vulnerability to extinction

While Australia’s state and federal governments responded rapidly to COVID-19, the response to the summer’s devastating bushfires suffers by comparison

A rapid rise in global temperatures would lead to more extremes, whereas a more gradual and stabilised rate of climate change would decrease the temperatures we would experience

Allowing degraded natural forests to re-grow is a more effective, immediate and low-cost method for removing and storing atmospheric carbon than planting new trees

The speed of global warming has never been as fast as it is today, and is affecting the whole planet at the same time, for the first time in at least two millennia