Key climate current grinding to halt
REMEMBER Day after Tomorrow? One of the movie’s key plot-points is happening: The Atlantic conveyor currents have dramatically slowed.
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We’re halfway towards ending the world
SEA levels could rise by metres, and the world’s apparently halfway gone. But the good news is that we still have time to save ourselves.
This is going to ruin your steak
THE Aussie barbecue faces a new threat. It’s set to ruin the taste of steak, other barbie staples and even our wine. So, it might be time to panic now.
Why your steak will soon taste worse
THE Aussie barbecue faces a new threat. It’s set to ruin the taste of steak, other barbie staples and even our wine. So, it might be time to panic now.
Proof Australia is getting hotter
THERE’S no point in denying it: Australia is getting hotter, and it’s not going to stop. And we have the figures to prove it.
The question we just have to ask
CRAZY weather happens in this country. A freak event is usually just that, but after Cyclone Marcia, we have to raise this question.
‘World’s end’ methane blowholes erupt
A SERIES of methane-fuelled blowholes are exploding in numbers, threatening to send tons of the lethal gas into the atmosphere and fuel global warming.
Can you nuke a cyclone?
THE fierce winds of a cyclone bring with a heap of myths. Should you tape your windows? Is it wise to hide under a table? And can a nuke stop a cyclone in its tracks?
Schwarzenegger calls for climate action
HOLLYWOOD star Arnold Schwarzenegger has told a German security conference that adopting green energy creates jobs and leads to energy independence.
This is Australia’s terrifying future
LIFE in Australia is pretty comfortable now – but that could be about to change. This is what lies in store for our future.
‘Global catastrophe is very high’
A GROUP of scientists founded by the creators of the atomic bomb say the world is now three minutes from a catastrophic midnight and the closest it has been in 30 years.
‘They’re truly in their last gasp’
ICE climber Will Gadd was on a mission to conquer the world’s most impressive ice glacier. But his real challenge was a race against climate change.
How we are pushing Earth to its limits
SCIENTISTS fear the Earth could cease to be a “safe operating space” for humans to live by as early as 2050.
2014 officially our hottest year yet
IT MAY seem like we’re hearing this more and more, but 2014 was the hottest year on the planet since we started recording temperatures 135 years ago. So how did Australia compare in the sizzling year?
Are we in a new geological age?
HUMAN impact on our planet has been so strong that scientists argue we’ve created a new geological layer to Earth.
Is this going to stop mining?
A NEW threat to mining has emerged and is giving supporters of one of the largest mining developments in Australia a huge headache.
Are these countries facing an apocalypse?
THESE are the startling images which could show the countries most at risk of facing an apocalypse of cataclysmic proportions.
UK had hottest known year in 2014
CONFIRMING fears about global warming Britain has just experienced its warmest year since records began a hundred years ago.
Just what’s going on with our weather?
IT’S the country that can boast four seasons in one day. Today’s weather warnings are living proof and it’s not set to get any better soon.
Deal reached at UN climate talks
A DEAL has finally been reached to tackle climate change after marathon UN talks in Lima, but activists say it doesn’t go far enough.
Julie Bishop’s massive backflip
A FEW weeks ago, Tony Abbott was steadfastly refusing to sign Australia up, now his government has done a huge backflip.
The big myth Bishop is telling us
THE government claims there is no danger and the UN is at risk of being duped, but experts say what the government is telling defies all available science.
New storm warning: NSW and QLD
CAMPERS caught in rising floodwaters have been winched to safety in a dramatic helicopter rescue as new storm warnings are issued for NSW and QLD.
2014: The hottest year on record
HEATWAVES, floods and crippling droughts. It’s official. The UN’s weather agency says this year may end as the hottest on record.
Yep, summer’s gonna be a scorcher
AUSTRALIA, go and stock up on ice cream. In fact, it might pay to buy a whole ice cream truck. It’s official. Summer 2014/15 is set to sizzle.
Inside Siberia’s mystery blow holes
THEY appeared without warning, bringing fear and mystery with them. Now, six months on, scientists have ventured deep into Siberia’s blow holes.
Never ending lightning storm defies belief
TALK about wild weather! This lightning storm in South America has been appearing in the same place almost every night for thousands of years.
Why warming is making it colder
AMERICA is in the grips of a freezing storm again. Ironically, this could be evidence of global warming. No, really. Here’s how this works …
Dire warning: Climate change ‘irreversible’
FAILURE to combat climate change could lock the world on a trajectory with “irreversible” impacts on people and the environment, a UN report says.
Palmer saves climate policy deal
FEDERAL government’s $2.55 billion Direct Action climate policy will pass the Senate after a deal is struck with the Palmer United Party.
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