Climate Change
Tar sands make climate change 'unsolvable': Hansen
Exploiting oil and gas trapped in tar sands and shale threatens to make climate change 'unsolvable' said James Hansen, the former NASA scientist who raised concerns about global warming in the 1980s.
Tornado's fury not a climate signal, scientists say
Scientists downplay role of climate change as the cause of this week's huge tornado in the US state of Oklahoma.
Not much climate change doubt, science says
Peter Hannam Having doubts over climate change and the role of humans? You're unlikely to find many scientists who share your uncertainty.
Oceans may explain explain slowing climate change: study
Climate change could get worse quickly if huge amounts of extra heat absorbed by the oceans are released back into the air, scientists say.
Ports alerted to climate change shocks ahead
Ben Cubby Ports will need to be fortified against the effects of climate change, including higher sea levels, storm surges and more erosion, according to the most detailed study of the problem yet undertaken.
Planning, mitigation plans ignore climate change: experts
Planning laws and flood mitigation strategies in Australia don't take into account the future impacts of climate change, leaving communities at risk from greater and more frequent extreme weather,...
Scientists study reef remnants to understand climate change
Scientists have mapped and filmed the remnants of a coral reef off the NSW mid-north coast in an effort to better understand the effects of climate change.
Climate change adds to Mississippi's toll
Global warming, linked to near-record low water levels on the Mississippi River this year as well as last year's severe floods along the Missouri River, is making life on America's major river system.
Climate change 'taking place before our eyes', global body says
The fact that Arctic sea ice has melted this year to its lowest recorded level shows, along with other weather extremes, that "climate change is taking place before our eyes", the World...
Next victim in Europe debt crisis: Climate change action
The next victim of Europe’s economic crisis is becoming the global effort to restrain fossil fuel emissions and curb pollution now at record levels.
Climate-change denial feels the heat
Peter Hannam Scepticism about climate change may melt during the great heatwave.
Climate change damage can be limited by carbon cuts: study
The world could avoid much of the damaging effects of climate change this century if greenhouse gas emissions are curbed more sharply, research shows.
Climate change signals raining down but proof will take centuries
Peter Hannam For Australia, 2013 looks like being a "year of living extremely" if January is anything to go by.
Wars in prospect as climate change stirs unrest, UN told
Either rich nations will find a way to supply needy nations suffering from damaging climate effects 'or you will have all kinds of unrest and revolutions,' top German climate advisor tells UN.
Obama serious on climate change, out-going EPA chief says
The departing chief of the US Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa P. Jackson, says she cringes whenever she is asked if President Barack Obama is truly serious about confronting climate change.
US rally calls for Obama to act on climate change
Tens of thousands of protesters have gathered in Washington to urge President Barack Obama to take concrete measures to fight global warming.
Changing the US conversation on climate change
Rohit T. Aggarwala Environmentalists in the US sense a decisive shift in the debate over climate change. How should they respond?
There is no such thing as climate change denial
John Cook, University of Queensland Over time, the percentage of climate scientists agreeing that humans are causing global warming has steadily increased. This, argues John Cook, leads to consensus.
Amazon less at risk from climate change than feared: study
The Amazon rainforest is less vulnerable to die off because of global warming than widely believed because the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide also acts as an airborne fertiliser, a study showed on...
Obama's climate change action to fall short of rhetoric: comment
Gerard Wynn Climate change will not be a top issue in the United States under President Barack Obama, despite the soaring rhetoric in his Inaugural Address last month.
