Ingham floods

Relentless climate warming is ‘fuelling water disasters’

This car is about to turn around from a flooded street in Ingham, Far North Qld. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI Relentless global warming is fuelling worsening water disasters, says a consortium of public and private water organisations. The Global Water Monitor recently released its 2024 summary report which contained the warning. ANU water science professor Albert…

Antarctica summit

450 Australian polar experts meet for urgent talks on Antarctica

Scientists researching in Antarctic to learn more about ice sheet retreat. Photo: Nick Morgan/ #AusAntarctic Nearly 500 polar experts from around the country are in Hobart for a national emergency summit on Antarctica. The Australian Antarctic Research Conference is being held at the University of Tasmania and runs from today to Friday. Conference steering committee chairman…

CSIRO bushfires

Australia is getting hotter, bringing more storms and rising sea levels: CSIRO

Picture: supplied Australia’s climate is getting hotter with more extreme heat events, longer fire seasons, more intense heavy rainfall and rising sea level. That was the finding of the State of the Climate 2024 report released by the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology. Scientists found the oceans around Australia are continuing to warm with greater…