Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Human-caused climate change had an impact on Australia’s wildfires, a new attribution study confirms. The 30 percent figure they calculated is a minimum. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/climate/australia-wildfires-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Devastating floods came soon after the bush fires. Scientists call it “compound extremes,” as one catastrophe intensifies the next. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/23/world/australia/climate-change-extremes.html
Published by Ocean Conservancy While freediving in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia’s Lady Elliot Island, photographer Kristian Laine spotted something that at first took him aback. Was his camera malfunctioning? Somehow, some way, the belly of the manta ray he was seeing through the lens appeared to be a […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment What many of us have witnessed this fire season feels alive and monstrous. With climate change forcing a relaxed country to stumble toward new ways of work, leisure and life, will politics follow? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/15/world/australia/fires-climate-change.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by Ocean Conservancy You may have seen this video which has been making its way around the internet since it was introduced last fall. In it, Heidi the octopus is sleeping. While she snoozes, she begins to change her color rapidly while David Scheel, a marine biologist at Alaska Pacific University, narrates. He constructs a […]
Published by the Environmental News Service FRANKFURT, Germany, February 4, 2020 (ENS) – Greenpeace Germany supporters protested at global investment firm BlackRock’s German headquarters Monday, to tell the firm to stop investing in coal and financing climate change as the majority shareholder of Siemens, a telecommunications provider for the Adani coal mine in Australia. Read […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment It was a wildlife haven, a tourist magnet and an agricultural center — before half of it burned. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/world/australia/kangaroo-island-fire.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The country relies heavily on civilians to contain its fires, but the monstrous blazes that come with climate change threaten to break the system. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/02/world/australia/volunteer-firefighters.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by Ocean Conservancy The natural world all around us is truly magnificent. And, just when you think you have heard it all—a new scientific discovery has you in a state of awe and wonder. The latest fin-tastic discovery comes to us from researchers studying sharks in the waters surrounding Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. […]
Published by the Environmental News Service DAVOS, Switzerland, January 21, 2020 (ENS) – After a year of floods and droughts, when wildfires devastated Australia and the Amazon, and Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year, the latest World Economic Forum’s annual Global Risks Report finds for the first […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Scroll through the Facebook page of Craig Kelly, a conservative politician, and you’ll see why the country has not taken strong action on global warming. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/world/australia/fires-craig-kelly-climate-denial.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The cataclysm, which occurred roughly 2.2 billion years ago, might have catapulted the planet out of an ice age. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/science/oldest-asteroid-impact-australia.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment More than 16 million acres have gone up in flames. And it has happened in populated areas, unlike most of the world’s other blazes of this scale. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/world/australia/fires-size-climate.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The poor air quality is making equipment harder to operate, and some workers have had to take leave to fight fires. The irony was not lost on many in Australia. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/business/coal-company-bhp-smoke.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As people around the world respond to the fire crisis, organizations find themselves trying to efficiently distribute tens of millions of dollars. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/world/australia/fires-donations-help.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment For one gray and drenching moment, or a few hours in some places, strong rain doused some of Australia’s deadly flames. And all rejoiced. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/17/world/australia/sydney-rain-fire.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As blazes rage in southern Australia, Indigenous fire-prevention techniques that have sharply cut destructive bushfires in the north are drawing new attention. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/world/australia/aboriginal-fire-management.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Mallacoota, where people huddled on the shore for safety on New Year’s Eve, is rationing fuel and relying on the military for help. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/14/world/australia/fires-mallacoota.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Smoke from the wildfires shrouded the courts and caused one player to double over in coughing fits. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/14/sports/wildfires-australian-open.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The country’s vulnerable environment and growing dependence on China have raised questions about the sustainability of its economic success. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/business/australia-economy-wildfires.html?emc=rss&partner=rss