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New Methodology can Identify Urban Neighborhoods Vulnerable to Climate Change

A new capability to identify urban neighborhoods, down to the block and building level, that are most vulnerable to climate change could help ensure that mitigation and resilience programs reach the people who need them the most.

2 Jun 2022

Transformative Changes Across Economies and Societies are Crucial to Address Planetary Emergencies

The global scientific community has issued another warning that increasing climate change and biodiversity loss will together reinforce negative impacts on people around the world, including food insecurity, health risks and disrupted livelihoods, as well as involuntary displacements leading to social unrest.

2 Jun 2022

Ancient Plants Provide Clues About Life on Earth in a Warmer Climate

Paleobotanist David Greenwood has gathered fossil plants from Australia for many years. In this, some are so well preserved and it is difficult to believe they are millions of years old.

1 Jun 2022

Ultrafine Particles from Exhaust Gases of Fossil Fuels may Cause Extreme Weather Events

Strong precipitation or extreme drought – the frequency of extreme weather events is increasing worldwide. Existing climate models, however, do not adequately show their dynamics.

1 Jun 2022

Science Academies Call for Urgent Action to Protect the Ocean, Polar Regions and Accelerate Decarbonization

The science academies of the G7 states are calling for urgent international action to protect the ocean and polar regions and to accelerate decarbonisation.

1 Jun 2022

Scientists Unravel the History of Climate Change on the Great Barrier Reef

For the first-ever time, a research group from Australia has unraveled the history of climate change upheaval on the Great Barrier Reef over the past eight millennia.

31 May 2022

Storm Events Causes Spike in Methane Emissions from Fjords to the Atmosphere

When people experience heavy storms, the usually stratified layers of water in ocean fjords tend to get mixed. This results in oxygenation of the fjord floor. However, such storm events also give rise to a spike in methane emissions from fjords to the air.

31 May 2022

Study Identifies Opportunities for Land-Based Carbon Removal to Address the Climate Crisis

A new study performed offers a range of new geospatial maps that enhance the knowledge of the global gap between present and potential carbon storage on land.

31 May 2022

Global Warming Increases the Risk for Flooding, Study Finds

The Western Pacific Subtropical High (WPSH) is known to be an anticyclonic atmospheric system that floats over the lower and middle troposphere of the northwestern Pacific. This dominates summer climate extremes in the heavily populated East Asia countries.

31 May 2022

Design Calls Open for SA’s New Hydrogen Facility. New Legislation to be Developed

The Malinauskas Labor Government is calling for designs and delivery concepts from the market for the construction of its new hydrogen facility in Whyalla, in another step towards delivering the Hydrogen Jobs Plan.

31 May 2022