Opinion
The burning issue of fires raging in remote Australia
The scale and impact of fires in the nation’s interior should raise concerns in the cities, argue Rohan Fisher and Neil Burrows.
Opinion
The scale and impact of fires in the nation’s interior should raise concerns in the cities, argue Rohan Fisher and Neil Burrows.
News
Australia’s temperatures are increasing more than the global average, the nation’s weather bureau says.
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More than 11,000 scientists have declared the world faces a climate emergency, while Australia has been named as among the many countries not doing enough to limit warming.
The United Nations’ weather agency says extreme weather last year hit 62 million people worldwide and forced 2 million people to relocate, as man-made climate change worsened.
Global emissions of carbon dioxide have increased substantially this year and are set to reach a new record, according to a new study.
If nations fail to meet global targets on climate change, a chunk of frozen soil bigger than Australia will melt, sending planet-warming gases into the atmosphere, British scientists say.
