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…
Picture: stock The Bureau of Meteorology is changing its forecasts to improve public understanding amid a changing climate. The public is now encouraged to follow its short- and long-term forecasts, not its outlook for climate indicators such as the El Nino-Southern Oscillation. The bureau hopes the changes will improve the relevance and accuracy of its information.…
Global growth of CO2 emissions from fossil fuels reached a record high in 2024. Photo: CSIRO Global carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from fossil fuels hit a record high in 2024 even as total emissions from fossil fuel and land use changes over the last decade stabilised. This was the finding of the recently released Global…
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…
Picture: stock THE State of the Climate Report for 2024 has renewed calls for more urgent action by researchers and academics. Monash University Associate Professor Angie Bone is a planetary health specialist and co-director of the Monash Sustainable Development Institute (MSDI). She says: “Unless we urgently take decisive action, climate change will have bigger impacts…
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…
The streets of Valencia after the flooding. Picture: Christina Jeurling Birro/Twitter (X) At least 95 deaths have been reported in the deadliest flooding to hit Spain for 30 years after torrential rain smashed the eastern region of Valencia on Tuesday (local time). Rescuers in dinghies worked through the night to scour the floodwaters, taking several…
Picture: stock More intense and frequent storms will require more research to improve weather warning systems. The observation by a Monash University academic in Melbourne comes as the NSW Government tries to restore permanent power in Far West NSW after a severe thunderstorm. Dr Kim Reid is a research fellow at the Monash School of…
These recent findings give optimism to scientists in the fight against rising ocean temperatures. Source: Freepik. For the first time, living corals have been mapped before and after a major marine heat wave which has led to optimism that the findings can help manage and build more resilient networks of coral reefs. As ocean temperatures…