Environment
Climate change
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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.
- by Seth Borenstein and 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.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
‘Climate denial on steroids’: How the global anti-climate movement is fracturing right-wing politics at home
Populists are waging a war against climate action around the world, but in Australia the fiercest battle is among the right-wing parties over policy “purity”.
- by Nick O'Malley and Mike Foley
How the arrival of a BYD ship marks a sea change in Australian motoring
The Chinese car maker has made a splash in Melbourne with the arrival of a vessel carrying thousands of electric vehicles. BYD now plans to take down Australia’s favourite car brands.
- by Nick O'Malley
How the looming El Nino will be amplified by climate conditions
Scientists are poised to declare the emergence of the weather pattern within days. Here’s why.
- by Bianca Hall
An enormous ship docked in Melbourne on Sunday. Its cargo could permanently change Australian motoring
In a major flex of Chinese industrial muscle, a company has used its own purpose-built ship to respond to rampant demand from Australian consumers.
- by Nick O'Malley
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Climate crisis
How lethal humidity threatens to displace millions in our region
Our region’s ground zero is Indonesia, where humidity is already high in wet and dry seasons.
- by Bianca Hall
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.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley
CSIRO cuts climate research jobs despite budget funding boost
Ninety-two scientists will lose their jobs in the latest round of cuts, which one scientist warns will leave the agency’s capacity to predict climate change “running on a dial-up modem”.
- by Bianca Hall and Mike Foley
Our fragile world is being hammered by one crisis after another. It’s about to get worse
A war-induced oil shock is bad, but a supercharged version of a familiar climate pattern could add to the misery.
- by Nick O'Malley
Opinion
Environmental threats
Humanity’s endangered, so let’s take a tip from the penguins
In 500 years from now, what will they say about us? Did we dare to choose courage over silence?
- by Natalie Kyriacou