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Climate crisis
‘A dead shark, dead rays, dead fish, dead cuttlefish’: The toxic algal bloom is spreading
The federal government has announced a $14 million funding package for South Australia but resisted calls to declare the algal bloom a natural disaster.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Four in five Tuvaluans apply to move to Australia. Frayzel is among them
More than 8000 Tuvaluans have applied for 280 permanent residency visas for Australia, while last year 56,000 people from other Pacific countries applied for 3000 places.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley
Commonwealth not liable for ravages of climate change in Torres Strait
A Federal Court judge has found that science was ignored and the threat of climate change is real, but that the Commonwealth is not legally responsible for the plight of islanders facing an existential threat.
- by Nick O'Malley
The PM talked up green steel. But is it even a thing?
Green steel could boost Australia’s export earnings, reduce emissions and hedge against declining coal exports in a cleaner world economy. If a lot of things go right.
- by Nick O'Malley
Opinion
Climate crisis
Trump’s big toxic bill will cost America – and the world
The US president’s “Big Beautiful Bill” won’t just undo many positive developments for the environment – the economic fallout will be significant too.
- by Nick O'Malley
Albanese government faces backlash for failing to lock in climate talks
Despite years of effort and the support of its UN peers, Australia has been unable to convince Turkey to pull out of the race to host global climate talks.
- by Nick O'Malley
Trump cuts satellite data on Antarctic sea ice just as it’s needed most
Scientists at the Australian Antarctic Partnership Program are just beginning to understand the dire effects of extremely low sea ice in the Antarctic summer, but they will lose access to their main data set at the end of this month.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Animation of Antarctic sea ice coverage 1978-2023
This animation shows Antarctic sea ice coverage pulsing between winter and summer over the 45 years since satellite records began in 1978. Credit: Owen Kaluza, Australian Earth System Simulator (ACCESS-NRI)
How sea ice affects the global ocean climate
This map is a Spilhaus projection, showing the world's seas and oceans as a single body of water, centred on Antarctica and bordered by continents. Source: Australian Antarctic Program Partnership.
2022 Northern Rivers floods were six hours from catastrophe
Modelling the 2017 and 2022 floods that inundated Lismore will help determine mitigation projects.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
A thorny issue: How sea urchins could offer a perverse climate hope
The marine creatures are marching down Australia’s east coast and colonising Port Phillip Bay. But some people are determined to see hope in the crisis.
- by Bianca Hall
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