Climate crisis
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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
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A state-first trial was trying to save WA’s prized reefs, until a cyclone threatened months of hard work
Millions of coral eggs and embryos during two separate spawning events – one in Exmouth and the other in Coral Bay – to save the reefs after a mass bleaching event. But Cyclone Narelle threatened to derail the project.
- Holly Thompson
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
- Exclusive
- Global warming
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
‘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”.
- Nick O'Malley and Mike Foley
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.
- Bianca Hall
- Exclusive
- Climate change
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.
- Bianca Hall
- Opinion
- Opinion
Capitalism trumps climate: Why BHP’s green ambitions turned to empty promises
Was then chief executive Andrew Mackenzie just virtue signalling when he declared in 2019 that the mining giant would lead the capitalist pack on greening the world?
- Elizabeth Knight
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
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”.
- Bianca Hall and Mike Foley