Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Caitlin Fitzsimmons is the environment and climate reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald. She was previously the social affairs reporter and the Money editor.
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- Sharks
How an AI-powered early shark warning system could protect Sydney beaches
An alert system using autonomous drones to detect sharks could be in place by summer, scientists say.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Max Maddison
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- Analysis
- Sharks
Shark bites are becoming more common – but a cull won’t work
With Saturday’s shark attack and a horror summer, it is hard as an ocean-loving Sydneysider not to feel under siege.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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- Extreme weather
El Nino has officially begun, bringing risk of drought, extreme heat and bushfires
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed the existence of the El Nino, expected to grow to historic strength and turbocharge extreme weather.
- Seth Borenstein and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Sydney Harbour is getting electric hydrofoils. What’s it like to ‘fly’ in one?
The boats skate up to a metre above the water, using technology honed for the America’s Cup.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Push to deliver solar to 2.5m apartment dwellers gains traction
Houses are still 10 times more likely to have rooftop solar panels than apartments, but the financial case for solar on strata buildings is better than ever.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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- Climate crisis
You’re losing $20k a year because of climate change – and it’s predicted to get worse
As well as the cost of extreme weather and natural disasters, longer-term climatic changes are also a drag on economic productivity, the NSW Net Zero Commission says.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
‘We took them for granted’: Australia’s cities are losing their stars
Light pollution means city dwellers, and even residents of country towns, are increasingly missing out on the majesty above their heads.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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- How To Poison a Planet
‘A bit of anger’: Residents frustrated by bombshell $2b lawsuit over ‘forever chemicals’
The lawsuit is the largest legal claim ever brought by the Commonwealth but has blindsided communities hit with the fallout of the contamination disaster.
- Carrie Fellner and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
UK wilts under brutal spring heat as records set to tumble
A “heat dome” is forecast to linger across parts of Europe as the prospects of an El Nino continue to firm.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley
Manly’s penguin colony is precarious. What would it take to save it?
There are just 15 breeding pairs returning to nest at Manly each year, and the population is stubbornly refusing to grow.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons