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The Industrial Revolution kick-started global warming much earlier than we realised

  • Written by: Helen McGregor, ARC Future Fellow, University of Wollongong
imageBritain's industrial pioneers couldn't have known how they would affect the climate.Henry Gastineau

In the early days of the Industrial Revolution, no one would have thought that their burning of fossil fuels would have an almost immediate effect on the climate. But our new study, published today in Nature, reveals that warming in some regions...

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Sustainable housing's expensive, right? Not when you look at the whole equation

  • Written by: Trivess Moore, Research Fellow, RMIT University

Low-energy or zero-energy housing is international best practice, but is still considered costly. Part of the problem is that studies of housing standards typically use only cost-benefit analysis to assess their value, and so often wrongly conclude that sustainable housing is unaffordable.

Our new research shows how such analyses may miss some...

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154 Australian scientists demand climate policy that matches the science

  • Written by: James Whitmore, Editor, Environment & Energy, The Conversation

154 Australian experts have signed on open letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull demanding urgent action on climate change that matches the dire warnings coming from climate scientists.

The letter, organised by Australian National University climatologist Andrew Glikson, calls on the federal government to make “meaningful reductions of...

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An open letter to the Prime Minister on the climate crisis, from 154 scientists

  • Written by: Andrew Glikson, Earth and paleo-climate scientist, Australian National University

Dear The Hon. Malcolm Turnbull MP, Prime Minister of Australia,

The following is an open letter signed by 154 Australian atmospheric, marine, environmental, biological and medical scientists, including several leading climatologists, for your and your government’s attention.

There is no Planet B

In July 2016, global temperatures soared to the ho...

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