A new climatic index developed by Australian and Chinese researchers will help scientists understand why southwestern Western Australia has experienced such a decline in rainfall over the past 40 years.
New research has shown both Australia and New Zealand have just experienced their hottest decade since temperatures were first recorded.
A compromise emissions-cutting plan for developing countries has been described as a "race to the bottom" by Greens Senator Bob Brown.
The New Zealand government's carbon emissions reduction plan has drawn mixed reactions from the country's climate experts and environmental groups.
By Rich Bowden Img: Air pollution. Credit: pfala/flickr Fifteen leading Australian climate scientists have used the platform of a weekend newspaper article to hit back at what they see as creeping climate scepticism in the country’s media and politics. Declaiming doubters in an article in the Sydney Morning Herald on August 1 named “Climate...
By Rich Bowden Img: Carteret Atoll. Credit: NASA A joint Australian study has predicted that up to 75 million in the Asia Pacific region will be made climate refugees in the next 40 years. The report, a joint project between aid organisation Oxfam Australia and think tank The Australia Institute, warns opinion leaders that...
By Rich Bowden Img: Pollution. Credit: pfala/flickr Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown has criticised the federal Government’s plan to reduce greenhouse gases saying it “undermines” global efforts to achieve real cuts in carbon emissions. Senator Brown’s criticism came in a Greens press release which said the Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme of 5 percent...
