Australian Targets

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Friday, February 28, 2014

Harnessing the wind to fight the storms of climate change

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How Offshore wind turbines can win a david and goliath battle with hurricanes. Here is a lateral idea: build large offshore wind farms that ...
Sunday, February 23, 2014

Tackling food security with a growing population, climate change and peak oil

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With a growing population and improving diets there is a need to double our food supply by 2050. Identify three measures you would take to m...
Saturday, February 22, 2014

Whitehaven coal mine offsets not compatible with threatened ecosystems being destroyed

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The Whitehaven coal mine at Maule's Creek near Boggabri in north Western NSW involves the destruction of a substantial part of the Leard...

Alcoa smelter closure opportunity to close coal power at Anglesea and in La Trobe Valley

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This week Alcoa announced the closure of it's Port Henry smelter and aluminium rolling mills after a review conducted in the last year....
Friday, February 21, 2014

Marine heatwaves continue decimating corals in the Pilbara

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Marine heatwaves are having a marked impact on coral reef systems off the Pilbara coast. A CSIRO and University of Western Australia study i...
Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Guest Post: wet warning from Australia's Top End on rising sea levels

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Rising sea level should concern us all. Sea levels will not rise evenly: it will vary from region to region. In Eastern and southern Austra...
Friday, February 14, 2014

Moreland Council calls for greater heatwave emergency planning for Victoria

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Welcome to the new normal with stinking hot summers, as heatwaves hover over and amplify the urban heat island effect in cities like Melbo...
Tuesday, February 11, 2014

ExClimate: Experiment shows coral reefs in peril in a high CO2 world

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Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg takes us through and explains a controlled experiment his Institute is conducting in coral reef ecosystem reac...
Monday, February 10, 2014

Guest Post: Atmospheric surface warming stalled by strong Trade winds driving heat into Pacific ocean

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By Michael Hopkin , The Conversation , who interviewed Steve Rintoul from CSIRO, Richard Allan Professor of Climate Science at University ...
Sunday, February 9, 2014

ExClimate: Greenland's Jakobshavn Glacier revs up with climate change

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A "glacial pace" can no longer be used to describe the speed of the Jakobshavn glacier in Greenland. The latest study of Jakobshav...