6 June 2018, Climate Central, Global Conveyer Belt: Ocean Current Slowing. June 8 is World Oceans Day, a time to raise awareness about the importance of the oceans to our planet. Ocean currents and broader circulations move vast amounts of water around … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Impacts Observed & Projected
4 June 2018, The Guardian, ‘No doubt our climate is getting warmer,’ Malcolm Turnbull says. Malcolm Turnbull, on a tour of drought-stricken areas in New South Wales and Queensland, has declared there is “no doubt that our climate is getting warmer”. Flanked by … Continue reading →
16 May 2018, COSMOS, If it’s not one thing, it’s another: the challenge of compound weather events. The deadly Russian wildfires of 2010, the Brisbane floods of 2011 and the inundation of New York by Hurricane Sandy in 2012 were all … Continue reading →
2 May 2018, The Conversation, Recent Australian droughts may be the worst in 800 years. Australia is a continent defined by extremes, and recent decades have seen some extraordinary climate events. But droughts, floods, heatwaves, and fires have battered Australia for millennia. Are … Continue reading →