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why we won't be heading into an ice age any time soon

  • Written by: James Renwick, Professor, Physical Geography (climate science), Victoria University of Wellington
why we won't be heading into an ice age any time soonSince the industrial revolution began in the mid-1700s, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations have gone up by 46%.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-NDwhy we won't be heading into an ice age any time soonCC BY-ND

Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change.

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our anxiety over China's influence is hurting Chinese-Australians

  • Written by: James Laurenceson, Acting Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
our anxiety over China's influence is hurting Chinese-AustraliansAccording to new research, discrimination against Asian-Australians is widespread. The way we talk about China is part of the problem.Erik Anderson/AAP

Last week’s Asian-Australian Leadership Summit in Melbourne saw the release of valuable new survey data on the discrimination some Australians face.

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the nations leading and failing on climate action

  • Written by: Bill Hare, Director, Climate Analytics, Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University (Perth), Visiting scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
the nations leading and failing on climate actionChildren play near a coal-fired power plant in the town of Obilic, Kosovo, in November 2018EPA/Valdrin Xhemaj

This piece is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story.

It is almost five years since the landmark Paris deal was struck. Nearly 200 countries agreed to...

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Jacqui Lambie mixes battler politics with populism to make her swing vote count

  • Written by: Mark Kenny, Senior Fellow, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University
Jacqui Lambie mixes battler politics with populism to make her swing vote countJacqui Lambie has signalled she will play hardball on a number of key issues to get what she wants in exchange for her vote.AAP/Lukas Coch

In the hit biopic Rocket Man, the ambitious young Reginald Dwight is counselled to hide his working-class roots if he wants to make it in “showbiz”:

You gotta kill the person you were born to be in...

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  2. Robo-debt is only one way government stigmatises claimants. There's only so much a class action can do
  3. How other countries get parents to vaccinate their kids (and what Australia can learn)
  4. PayID data breaches show Australia's banks need to be more vigilant to hacking
  5. Albanese defends social activism by businesses
  6. Why our response to climate change needs to be a just and careful revolution that limits pushback
  7. If you want to cut bullying in schools, look at the 'invisible violence' in our society
  8. Superblocks are transforming Barcelona. They might work in Australian cities too
  9. Robo-debt class action could deliver justice for tens of thousands of Australians instead of mere hundreds
  10. Media polarisation dangerous for democracy and for science: Sinodinos
  11. Arthur Sinodinos with some reflections and advice
  12. embodied performance about working in a Brisbane porno shop
  13. Apple Arcade and Google Stadia aim to offer frictionless game streaming, if your NBN plan can handle it
  14. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian avoids a spill but remains in troubled waters
  15. climate change affects our mental health, too
  16. As pressure on Iran mounts, there is little room for quiet diplomacy to free detained Australians
  17. 'An insult' – politicians sing the praises of the cashless welfare card, but those forced to use it disagree
  18. Why it's time for New Zealanders to learn more about their own country's history
  19. Keeping the city cool isn't just about tree cover – it calls for a commons-based climate response
  20. The Way We Live Now – powerful, troubling photographs of a crowded planet and uncertain future
  21. 'predatory' climate deniers are a threat to our children
  22. Suddenly, the world's biggest trade agreement won't allow corporations to sue governments
  23. why are some twins identical and some not?
  24. Greens' challenge aptly described by Paddy Manning, but with no solutions in sight
  25. what happens when magnetic north and true north align?
  26. Jim Chalmers on the need to change economic course
  27. Reality slippages and narcissistic stereotyping
  28. You can help track 4 billion bogong moths with your smartphone – and save pygmy possums from extinction
  29. Is vigorous exercise safe during the third trimester of pregnancy?
  30. Climate change is the defining issue of our time – we're giving it the attention it deserves
  31. when communities must move because of climate change
  32. Australia to attend climate summit empty-handed despite UN pleas to ‘come with a plan'
  33. how supermarket pharmacies could change the way we shop
  34. Apple's iPhone 11 Pro wants to take your laptop's job (and price tag)
  35. As Scott Morrison heads to Washington, the US-Australia alliance is unlikely to change
  36. we need to teach kids activities they'll go on to enjoy
  37. Morrison's right hand man dispenses with niceties in lecturing big business
  38. New musical has enough warmth, witty lines and catchy tunes to win its own fangirls
  39. Polycystic kidney disease, the most common genetic kidney disorder you've probably never heard of
  40. Michelle Grattan on Gladys Liu and the government's plan to drug-test welfare recipients
  41. Bupa's nursing home scandal is more evidence of a deep crisis in regulation
  42. Actually, it's okay to disagree. Here are 5 ways we can argue better
  43. Why declaring a national climate emergency would neither be realistic or effective
  44. Women may find it tougher to get an abortion if the religious discrimination bill becomes law
  45. why traditional Persian music should be known to the world
  46. Nuclear power should be allowed in Australia – but only with a carbon price
  47. All this overinflated talk about an index-fund bubble is very passive-aggressive
  48. Australia should try to keep more international students who are trained in our universities
  49. Breeding single-sex animal populations could help prevent disease and poverty
  50. If Auckland's plan to include Māori histories in city centre upgrade is genuine, it must act on inequalities

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