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Study warns Greenland ice sheet loss already ‘unprecedented’, set to accelerate
Scientists have confirmed melting of the Greenland ice sheet has hit a rate unmatched in the last 12,000 years and is accelerating. Research published today in the journal Nature predicts that the...
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‘Green hydrogen’ to become cheapest ‘transformative fuel’ within a decade
Analysts believe “green hydrogen” made with wind and solar electricity could become the cheapest form of what Australia’s conservative Liberal-National government has described as a “transformative...
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Study estimates 14m tonnes of microplastics polluting seafloor
A new study by Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO, has estimated there are 14 million tonnes of microplastics on the seafloor, twice the amount of plastic pollution estimated to be on the...
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Australia’s big emitters sign up to achieve net zero emissions by 2050
A group of Australia’s biggest companies, including some of the country’s largest polluters, has banded together as part of efforts to make their operations carbon neutral by 2050. Industrial giants...
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CSIRO report says leadership on climate change needed
Amid concerns the public, and the public service, do not fully understand the risks it posed, Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO, has called for leadership on climate change. In a technical...
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Cleaner but not clean: scientists say natural gas won’t avert climate disaster
Natural gas produces half as much carbon dioxide (C02) when burned than coal, but that does not make it harmless. Climate scientists say that rising production of natural gas is emerging as one of the...
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COAG study: Coal’s rapid decline won’t cripple future energy grid
The chair of Australia’s Energy Security Board has said Australia’s ageing coal-fired power plants make little money and are likely to shut sooner than planned due to the amount of cheap renewable...
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New chief scientist says Australia should lead world in renewable energy
Australia’s incoming chief scientist wants the country to be a global renewable energy leader and “bold and ambitious” in rapidly cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Physicist Dr Cathy Foley, who will...
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BoM warns climate change is here, hotter days more floods in our future
The latest biannual report on the climate from the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) findings are clear: Australia is experiencing climate change now, and the warming trend is continuing. The report, this...
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BoM says last decade hottest on record for Australia
According to Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) the last decade was the hottest on record for Australia with the temperature almost one degree Celsius above average and one third of a degree...
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