Environment
Climate change
Love your Tesla but can’t stand Musk? Sales data says you’re not alone
“When he stood up and made that ‘Sieg Heil’ salute, something just clicked, and I thought: ‘I just cannot, cannot drive a Tesla’.”
- by Bianca Hall
Latest
‘Like preparing to fight a war’: Can we stop a cyclone in its tracks?
Scientists are dusting off Cold War-era research into weather manipulation as climate change intensifies and makes cyclones more dangerous.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
‘As far south as Sydney’: Why cyclones are growing deadlier and heading our way
As south-east Queensland and northern NSW brace for Cyclone Alfred to make landfall this week, climate scientists warn tropical cyclones are moving further from the tropics and bringing more flood risk.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Heatwaves, fires, torrential rain, fish kills: Australia’s summer of climate extremes
The weather bureau is forecasting a hot autumn across most of Australia, after an unusually hot summer marked by natural disasters.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Opinion
Climate policy
Why the Coalition should stop trying to silence nuclear power critics
Attacking the Climate Change Authority, as the Coalition did this week, will not change the price of nuclear nor the cost of coal.
- by Nick O'Malley
Exclusive
Climate crisis
World urged to stay the course on climate action as Trump turns away
Europe’s top official on climate action says the rest of the world must hold steady on decarbonisation and the transition to renewable energy in the face of “global turmoil”.
- by Bianca Hall and Nick O'Malley
Opinion
Climate policy
With Trump declaring war on climate action, is this the last straw?
The US under Donald Trump has become a dead weight despite the technology existing to decarbonise the global economy.
- by Nick O'Malley
Exclusive
Climate solutions
How hot is your suburb? Search our database to find the tree cover in your area
On a hot summer’s day, we tested the temperature on two footpaths: one with, and one without, tree cover. The results were stark.
- by Bianca Hall and Emily Kaine
Analysis
Climate crisis
New studies suggest a key Paris warming target has been breached
A leading climate scientist believes Earth may be even more sensitive to greenhouse gases than previously thought, but there could also be an upside.
- by Nick O'Malley
Australians are being misled by ‘dodgy’ offsets, say Fortescue
The iron ore giant says the public is being misled into believing that low-quality carbon offset schemes will lead to net zero, despite evidence that only reducing fossil fuels will work.
- by Michael Bachelard
Exclusive
Investigations
One hundred ‘carbon-neutral’ corporates quit government scheme over integrity concerns
Mounting doubts that carbon offsets may not stand up to scrutiny have driven an exodus from the federal government-managed system.
- by Michael Bachelard
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change