2021: CLEX researchers in the news

October

• Climate change expert’s blunt warning about Australia’s temperature rise. The Daily Telegraph, news.com.au. October 28. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• If all 2030 climate targets are met, the planet will heat by 2.7℃ this century. That’s not OK. The Conversation. October 27. (Dr Andrew King).
• Scott Morrison faces questions over his net zero ‘plan’. news.com.au. October 27. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Australia’s distinctly hands-off net-zero plan bets technology—not fossil fuel regulation—will offset emissions. Fortune. October 26. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Cosmos Briefing: Is COP26 a game changer? Cosmos Magazine. October 26. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Dr Andrew King)
• ‘We have left it too late’: COP26 unlikely to limit warming to 1.5C, scientists warn. SBS News. October 25. (Prof Steve Sherwood, Prof Andy Pitman).
• Wild east coast weather driven by transition between winter and summer, says BoM. ABC News. October16. (Dr Andrew King).
• Peter Collignon, Jane Golley pay price of social media abuse on Twitter, Facebook. Bega District News. October 15. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Podcast: Feeling the heat. The Policy Forum. October 15. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• News Corp has unveiled a climate change series. What do experts make of it? SBS News. October 14. (Mr Alvin Stone).
• Southern coastal Queensland misses out on rain again as severe drought persists. ABC News. October 10. (Dr Andrew King).
• Antarctic ice core reveals even small islands can have a major global impact. IFLS. October 8. (Prof Nerilie Abram).
• Antarctic ice samples linked to 700-year-old Māori land burning practices. Canberra Weekly. October 7. (Prof Nerilie Abram).
• Getting physical with the climate crisis. Physics World. October 6. (Prof Katrin Meissner, Prof Steve Sherwood).
• Does Melbourne rain occur in lines? Pursuit. October 4. (Prof Todd Lane, Dr Stacey Hitchcock).

September

• COP26: The biggest climate change conference in the world and why it matters. CNet. September 30. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• NSW Nats support plan to halve the state’s emissions by 2030. Sydney Morning Herald. September 29. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• Life at 50C: Heat hitting home in Australia. BBC. September 22. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Australia’s bushfires triggered massive phytoplankton bloom thousands of kilometres away. Channel 9 News. September 16. (Prof Peter Strutton).
• Black Summer fires spawned phytoplankton bloom bigger than Australia. Cosmos. September 16. (Prof Peter Strutton, Jako Weis).
• Australian bushfire smoke caused massive phytoplankton bloom in Southern Ocean. The Guardian. September 16. (Prof Peter Strutton).
• Smoke from the Black Summer fires created an algal bloom bigger than Australia in the Southern Ocean. The Conversation, The Maritime Executive. September 16. (Prof Peter Strutton, Jakob Weis).
• Australian bushfires trigger massive phytoplankton bloom in ocean: study. Asia & Pacific, Xinhua. September 16. (Prof Peter Strutton)
• Bushfires spurred on ocean bloom in Australia. Queensland Country Life, Northern Beaches Review, Manning River Times. September 16. (Prof Peter Strutton, Jakob Weis).
• Smoke from 2019-20 wildfires triggered a phytoplankton bloom bigger than Australia. IFLS. September 16. (Prof Peter Strutton).
• Gigantic plankton bloom larger than Australia spawned by intense bushfire blazes. Science Alert. September 16. (Prof Peter Strutton, Jakob Weis).
• Model behavior: How enhanced climate risk analytics can better serve financial market participants. S&P Global. September 15. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• What smart people get wrong about climate change extremes: opinion. Insurance Journal, Bloomberg, Business Day. September 14. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• Fires and floods: Can science link extreme weather to climate change? New Zealand Herald. September 6. (Prof Christian Jakob).
• Does Melbourne’s rain occur in lines? Pursuit. September 6. (Dr Stacey Hitchcock, Prof Todd Lane).
• Australia’s fourth warmest winter on record linked to global warming. Sky News. September 4. (Dr Joelle Gergis).
• Our Efforts To Fix The Ozone Layer Are Slowly Working. Gizmodo Australia. September 3. (Prof Julie Arblaster).
• Australia records near-record warmth during the wettest winter since 1996. ABC News. September 3. (Dr Joelle Gergis).
• Ozone recovery is offsetting Southern Hemisphere climate change trends in summer. ABC News. September 3. (Prof Julie Arblaster).
• Is fashion sustainability adviser the next career move? WWD. September 1. (Prof Andy Pitman).

August

• Top scientist says APRA climate risk guidance ‘flawed’. Sydney Morning Herald. August 30. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• Net zero by 2050 is “too little too late”: Scientists make a case for net negative strategies. Envirotec. August 26. (Prof Nerilie Abram).
• IPCC report may have underplayed risk of freak El Nino and La Nina events. Sydney Morning Herald. August 23. (Dr Agus Santoso, Dr Dietmar Dommenget).
• Lucifer let loose! Snails frying in their shells, fish boiling in lakes, and forests ablaze across the Continent. As temperatures in Europe hit record highs, why we may need to get used to sizzling summer ‘heat domes’. Daily Mail. August 19. (CLEX research).
• This country could be wiped off the map by climate change. The Independent. August 18. (Assoc Prof Shayne McGregor).
• How machine learning is helping us fine-tune climate models to reach unprecedented detail. The Conversation, Phys.org. August 18. (Dr Navid Constantinou).
• There’s no end to the damage humans can wreak on the climate. This is how bad it’s likely to get. The Conversation, Big News Network, Australian Times. August 17. (Dr Andrew King, Prof Nerilie Abram, Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Climate change: Tuvalu set to vanish from the map as sea levels rise. NZ Herald. August 17. (Assoc Prof Shayne McGregor)
• United response on need for urgent climate action. Country News. August 17. (Assoc Prof Shayne McGregor).
• Harnessing wind and bracing for a sea change: How the climate crisis affects Victoria. WA Today. August 16. (Dr Ailie Gallant).
• Humans’ fingerprints on climate change are becoming clearer. Sydney Morning Herald. August 15. (Dr Andrew King, Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Fears tiny island nation of Tuvalu will sink into the ocean due to climate change. Daily Star. August 15. (Assoc Prof Shayne McGregor).
• IPCC Report: The Earth is already feeling the irreversible effects of climate change. Illinois News Live. August 14. (Prof Lisa Alexander).
• Matt Canavan and the ‘bad show’: ABC defends Q+A panellist pick. The Guardian. August 13. (Prof Nerilie Abram).
• ‘How high above sea level am I?’ If you’ve googled this, you’re likely asking the wrong question — an expert explains. The Conversation, Gizmodo. August 12. (Assoc Prof Shayne McGregor, Prof Nerilie Abram).
• ‘How lucky do you feel?’: The awful risks buried in the IPCC report. Sydney Morning Herald. August 12. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Prof Andy Pitman, Prof Christian Jakob).
• What does the latest IPCC report mean for Australia? ABC News, WeatherZone. August 12. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Prof Julie Arblaster).
• News Analysis: IPCC report strengthens calls for Australia to act on climate change. Xinhua. August 12. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• ‘No surprise but a stark warning’: How scientists around world reacted to IPCC’s landmark climate report. The Independent (UK). August 11. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Dr Andrew King).
• Climate change report calls for greater immediate action on emissions. KidsNews. August 10. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).

• Australia’s extreme climate leaves it vulnerable to global warming. Australian Financial Review. August 10. (Prof Andy Pitman).

• Not too late to act on urgent climate warning, experts say. The Mandarin. August 10. (Assoc Prof Shayne McGregor).
• IPCC report. The Wire, 2SER-FM. August 10. (Prof Steve Sherwood).
• Sixth time’s the charm: new IPCC report shows climate is still changing. Cosmos Magazine, Echo. August 9. (Assoc Prof Shayne McGregor)
• Climate change ‘unequivocal’ and ‘unprecedented,’ says new U.N. report. Science. August 9. (Prof Nerilie Abram).
• Seven top takeaways from the IPCC’s latest climate science assessment. Sydney Morning Herald. August 9. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• ‘Not too late’: Australian scientists call for urgent action to avoid worst of climate crisis. The Guardian. August 9. (Dr Joelle Gergis, Assoc Prof Shayne McGregor).
• A Florida utility ditches coal, doubles its solar, and leaves out a big part of its story. Elektrek. August 9. (Assoc Prof Shayne McGregor).
• Climate change has already hit Australia. Unless we act now, a hotter, drier and more dangerous future awaits, IPCC warns. The Conversation. August 9. (Dr Joelle Gergis).
• Horse graves on the steppes as Kazakhstan is battered by one of worst droughts in living memory. The Washington Post. August 9. (Prof Nerilie Abram).
• Climate change has already hit Australia. Unless we act now, a hotter, drier and more dangerous future awaits, IPCC warns. The Conversation, Business News Australia. August 9. (Dr Joelle Gergis).
• Climate change report from IPCC a ‘code red for humanity’, United Nations chief warns. ABC. August 9. (Prof Nerilie Abram).
• ‘Really bad news’: When we’ll hit climate target. Adelaide Now. August 9. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• UN IPCC releases most comprehensive climate change report since 2014, SA scientists say situation has gone from bad to worse. Daily Telegraph. August 9. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Assoc Prof Shayne McGregor).
• Earth already experiencing irreversible impacts of climate change, IPCC report says. CNet. August 9. (Prof Lisa Alexander).
• “Clear and loud alarm bell”: IPCC puts pressure on leaders to act on climate. Renew Economy. August 9. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Prof Nerilie Abram).
• Yes, a few climate models give unexpected predictions – but the technology remains a powerful tool. The Conversation, Mirage News. August 9. (Prof Nerilie Abram, Dr Andrew King, Prof Andy Pitman, Prof Christian Jakob, Prof Julie Arblaster, Prof Lisa Alexander, Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Dr Shayne McGregor, Prof Steve Sherwood).
• ‘Golden book’ of climate science to raise pressure for emissions action. Sydney Morning Herald. August 9. (Prof Steve Sherwood).
• Amid the climate doom, there is a ray of hope. The Financial Review. August 8. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• ‘Heat dome’ to ‘mega-blaze’: Extreme weather terms on the rise. Yahoo News. August 6. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• The world won’t forgive if our leaders don’t act on climate change – Steve Cardownie. Edinburgh Evening News. August 4. (Dr Andrew King)

July

• Welcome to the heat dome. The Saturday Paper. July 28. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• A wet winter, a soggy spring: what is the negative Indian Ocean Dipole, and why is it so important? The Conversation, Deccan Herald. July 27. (Dr Andrew King, Dr Andrea Taschetto).
• Climate change will drive rise in ‘record-shattering’ heat extremes. Carbon Brief. July 26. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Welcome to the heat dome. The Saturday Paper. July 24. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• How the dynamics of a heating planet are driving extreme weather. Sydney Morning Herald. July 22. (Prof Christian Jakob, Dr Andrew King).
• No scientific consensus yet on whether warming Arctic may lead to more extreme weather. ABC News. July 22. (Dr Andrew King).
• Paleo proxies provide insights on heat and freshwater changes in Indian Ocean. A to Z Cleantech. July 22. (Dr Caroline Ummenhofer).
• Why a killer US heatwave points to a stifling future for our cities. WA Today. July 17. (Prof Christian Jakob).
• Australia and New Zealand score dismally on new global climate health ranking. Croaky. July 13. (CLEX).
• Lapland records hottest day since 1914. The Independent (UK). July 7. (Prof Michael Reeder).
• Last month was hottest June on record in North America. ZME. July 7. (Prof Michael Reeder).
• Nordic countries endure heatwave as Lapland records hottest day since 1914. The Guardian. July 6. (Prof Michael Reeder).
• Nordic countries endure heatwave as Lapland records hottest day since 1914. EuroActiv. July 6. (Prof Michael Reeder).
• Lapland records its hottest day since 1914: Region hits 92.3°F – and experts say unusually high temperatures could be linked to North American heatwave. Daily Mail (UK). july 6. (Prof Michael Reeder).
• Australia ranks last on climate action in U.N. report. Washington post. July 3. (Assoc Prof Donna Green).
• The North American heatwave shows we need to know how climate change will change our weather. The Conversation, Micky, Gizmodo, KQED, World Crunch. July 2. (Prof Christian Jakob, Prof Michael Reeder).
• A deadly heat wave scorches North America. Triple J Hack. July 1. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• From drying rainforests to heavier downpours, Australia’s climate is changing. Sydney Morning Herald. July 1. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• ‘Hard to comprehend’: Experts react to record 121 degrees in Canada. Washington Post. July 1. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick)

June

• Temperature records tumble again in US, Canada as heatwave enters uncharted territory. ABC News, The New Daily. June 30. (Dr Andrew King).
• Town closer to North Pole than equator hits 48 degrees. The New Daily. June 30. (Dr Andrew King).
• Australian scientist Nerilie Abram appointed to the international Climate Change Advisory Group. Canberra Times. June 26. (Prof Nerilie Abram).
• New international advisory group hopes to help public, goats understand climate science better. First Post. June 25. (Prof Nerilie Abram).
• ‘Wasted so much time’: New global panel to say carbon must be pulled from atmosphere. Sydney Morning Herald. June 24. (Prof Nerilie Abram, Prof Andy Pitman).
• California’s rapid descent into extreme drought is a climate detective story — and the outcome could be disastrous. ABC News. June 22. (Dr Anna Ukkola, Dr Ailie Gallant).
• It’s Thank a Climate Scientist Day. Cosmos. June 12. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Dr Linden Ashcroft).
• Matt Canavan suggested the cold snap means global warming isn’t real. We bust this and 2 other climate myths. The Conversation, Energy Source & Distribution, Australian Times (UK), Gizmodo AU. June 11. (Prof Nerilie Abram, Dr Martin De Kauwe, Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Citizen scientist volunteers needed to help in climate study. Have A Go News. June 9. (Dr Linden Ashcroft, Dr Joelle Gergis).
• ‘Flash droughts’ can dry out soil in weeks. New research shows what they look like in Australia. The Conversation, PreventionWeb, phys.org. June 4. (Dr Ailie Gallant, Dr Tess Parker).
• Rare event that amplified Australia’s 2019 fires unlikely to reoccur. The U. June 4. (Dr Martin Jucker).
• Climate change blamed for more than a third of heat-related deaths. Sydney Morning Herald. June 1. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Climate change causes one-third of heat-related deaths. Cosmos Magazine. June 1. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).

May

• Australia’s hidden history of megadroughts captured in ancient tree rings. ABC News. May 26. (Prof Nerilie Abram, Dr Linden Ashcroft, Dr Joelle Gergis).
• New science fellows come from diverse research fields. The Australian. May 26. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• World’s richest nations pledge to end investment in overseas coal projects. The Mandarin. May 25. (Prof Pete Strutton).
• Australia entering a scary new weather phase. news.com.au, The Observer. May 25. (Dr Ben Henley).
• Climate-proofing impossible without better models and super-computing. Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times. May 19. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• Fevers are plaguing the oceans — and climate change is making them worse. Nature. May 5. (Prof Neil Holbrook, Assoc Prof Alex Sen Gupta).
• Changes in ocean currents could have devastating consequences on a global scale. MRT News. May 1. (Josué Martínez-Moreno).

April

• Ocean currents are changing worldwide (and it could affect climate change). Yahoo News. April 27. (Prof Matthew England, Dr Navid Constantinou).
• Her prophecy of an Australian inferno was correct. Bad news for the coal-loving government. Reuters, Japan Times, The Straits Times. April 26. (Prof Julie Arblaster).
• Global reorganization of ocean currents could have ‘devastating effects’ on climate, experts say. The Hill. April 24. (Josué Martínez Moreno).
• Satellites reveal ocean currents are getting stronger, with potentially significant implications for climate change. The Conversation, Mickey, Australian Times, Gizmodo, ANU College of Science, Red Green & Blue. April 23. (Dr Navid Constantinou, Dr Adele Morrison, Dr Andrew Kiss, Prof Andy Hogg, Josué Martinez Moreno, Prof Matthew England).
• Changes to giant ocean eddies could have ‘devastating effects’ globally. The Guardian, Mother Jones. April 23. (Josué Martínez Moreno, Prof Matthew England)
• World’s oceans changing as currents show new patterns. Sydney Morning Herald. April 23. (Josué Martínez Moreno, Prof Matthew England, Prof Andy Hogg).
• Energetic ocean eddies on the rise. Cosmos Magazines. April 23. (Josué Martínez Moreno).
• Europe is covered in greenwash. Bella Caledonia. April 22. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• Surfer’s ‘shock’ reunion with long-lost board. BBC, April 21 (Dr Shane Keating).
• Historic WA early settler weather journals set to help understand climate change. ABC News. April 21. (Dr Joelle Gergis, Dr Linden Ashcroft).
• Help piece together Australia’s climate puzzle. Cosmos Magazine. April 21. (Dr Joelle Gergis).
• Scientists look to climate change ‘hot spot’ for longest weather record. Canberra Weekly. April 20. (Dr Joelle Gergis, Dr Linden Ashcroft).
• Scientists look to ‘hot spot’ for longest weather record. Phys.org. April 20. (Dr Joelle Gergis, Dr Linden Ashcroft).
• Reuters spotlights top researchers pushing the climate change debate. Journalism.co.uk. April 20. (Prof Julie Arblaster).
• Report claiming global temperature rise will top 1.5C by 2030s divides scientists. The Guardian. April 15. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• Double trouble: floods and COVID-19 have merged to pose great danger for Timor-Leste. The Conversation, Prevention Web. April 13. (Dr Andrew King, Dr Claire Vincent).
• Interview: Everyone benefits when China and the U.S. work together: Aussie former climate change negotiator. China.org.cn. April 13. (CLEX research).
• Past warming shows 2°C brink may be close. The Goodmen Project. April 13. (Prof Katrin Meissner).
• Scott Morrison – Carbon dioxide levels reach historic high as Joe Biden calls world leaders to climate talks. Fintech Zoom. April 10. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• Record-breaking carbon dioxide detected in the atmosphere last month. IFLS. April 9. (Dr Andrew King).
• Rare clash of tropical tempests expected off WA coast ‘like two planets going close to each other’. Sydney Morning Herald. April 8. (Prof Kevin Walsh).
• Report says not too late to avoid a 3 C warmer world. Phys.org. April 1. (Dr Andrew King).
• BOM declares La Niña over – but that doesn’t mean the rain is done. ABC News. April 1. (Dr Andrea Taschetto).

March

• Reef-wrecking numbers: What will a 3°C rise in global temperature do? Cosmos. March 31. (Dr Andrew King).
• Record-breaking floods ravage Australia. PSU Vanguard. March 30. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• BOM declares La Niña over – but that doesn’t mean the rain is done. ABC News. March 30. (Dr Andrea Taschetto).
• ‘One-in-100-years’ flood talk disastrously misleading and should change, risk experts say. ABC News, PreventionWeb. March 28. (Dr Andrew King, Kimberley Reid).
• Rivers in the sky. Gisborne Herald. March 27. (Kimberley Reid).
• Australia endures droughts, fires, floods and marauding mice. AAP ABC News (US). March 26. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Concern over Australia’s massive rain event occurring during relatively weak La Nina. news.com.au. March 25. (Dr Joelle Gergis).
• What is a 1 in 100 year weather event? And why do they keep happening so often? The Conversation. March 24. (Prof Andy Pitman, Dr Anna Ukkola).
• Yes, Australia is a land of flooding rains. But climate change could be making it worse. The Conversation, World Economic Forum. March 24. (Dr Joelle Gergis).
• Australia flood disaster ‘far from over’. Reuters, Agence France-Presse. March 24. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• Australia’s Worst Floods in Decades Quicken Concerns About Climate Change. New York Times, The Seattle Times. March 23. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• Australia faces further deluge as record rain prompts climate change fears. The Straits Times. March 23. (Dr Ailie Gallant).
• Australia Floods: 18,000 Evacuate And Millions Under Warnings Amid Worst Flooding In Decades. Forbes. March 23. (Prof Steve Sherwood).
• Coal markets roiled as Australia’s flood crisis worsens. Bloomberg. March 23. (Prof Todd Lane).
• Australia’s record flooding serves as a brutal reminder of climate change: reporters. AlterNet. March 23. (Prof Andy Pitman).

• Is NSW flooding a year after bushfires yet more evidence of climate change? The Guardian. March 22. (Prof Steve Sherwood).
• Forecasters picked this big rainfall event but future is more tricky. Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times. March 22. (Prof Todd Lane, Dr Andrew King).
• Cosmos Q&A: NSW flooding. Cosmos. March 22. (Prof Todd Lane).
• Hope for hazard burns as La Nina fades. Newcastle Herald. March 17. (Dr Andrea Taschetto).
• Scientists show drought-tolerant crops need skin in the game. Canberra Weekly. March 16. (Prof Graham Farquhar).
• ‘Garbage’ models and black boxes? The science of climate disaster planning. Politico. March 16. (CLEX research).
• Heavy rain, strong winds and thunderstorms batter Sydney. 7 News. March 14. (Dr Andrea Taschetto).
• Australia experiences wettest, coolest summer in at least five years due to La Niña. 9 News. March 12. (Dr Andrea Taschetto).
• Wettest summer in five years—but is La Nina coming to an end? Phys.org, Mirage News, The National Tribune. March 12. (Dr Andrea Taschetto).
• Napier flood indirectly linked to atmospheric river phenomena. Hawkes Bay Today. March 12. (CLEX).

• Australia’s wettest, coolest summer in at least five years. UpNews. March 11. (Dr Andrea Taschetto).
• Massive rivers in the sky account for NZ’s costliest floods. RadioNZ. March 4. (Kim Reid).
• Nine of NZ’s 10 most expensive floods connected to ‘rivers in the sky’. Stuff. March 4. (CLEX, Kim Reid)
• Troubling detail in Aussie weather data. news.com.au. March 3. (Dr Ailie Gallant).
• La Niña drives cooler temperatures, high rainfall during Australian summer. ABC News. March 3. (Prof Nerilie Abram).

February

• Australians all let us forgive Gordi. The Canberra Times. February 27. (Dr Joelle Gergis).
• Three writers discuss the climate emergency. Big Ideas, Radio National. February 17. (Dr Joelle Gergis).
• Has the Australian government axed key climate adaptation projects? AAP Factcheck. February 12. (CLEX).
• Climate science risks misinterpretation. Finance Career. February 11. (Prof Andy Pitman, Prof Christian Jakob).
• Scientists warn misuse of climate data is threat to business, financial markets. S&P Global. February 11. (CLEX).
• Scientists warn over misuse of climate models in financial markets. Reuters, DeviDiscourse, Yahoo News, Investing.com, The Sun Daily, Financial Post, One America News Network. February 9. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• Potential for misuse of climate data a threat to business and financial markets. Mirage News. February 9. (Prof Andy Pitman, Prof Christian Jakob).
• Climate science and the challenge of change. Big Ideas (ABC RN). February 9. (Dr Joelle Gergis).
• A threat to business and financial markets: misuse of climate data. SciTech Daily. February 8. (Prof Andy Pitman, Prof Christian Jakob).
• Climate models are not designed for use by financial markets, warn scientists. BollyInside. February 8. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• Climate models are not designed for use by financial markets, scientists warn. Insurance Journal. February 8. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• Researchers create heat stress warnings for smart watches. 2SER-FM. February 3. (Dr Negin Nazarian).
• Does ‘nature alone’ control global carbon dioxide levels? AAP Factcheck, Newcastle Herald, The Islander, Margaret River Mail. February 1. (Prof Matthew England).

January

• How heatwaves and drought combine to produce the perfect firestorm. The Conversation, Gizmodo. January 29. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Philip Kyeremanteng: Will the pandemic have a significant environmental impact? Joy Online. January 26. (Assoc Prof Donna Green).
• UAE- Experts discuss key issues at International Rain Enhancement Forum. MENAFN. January 25. (Assoc Prof Steven Siems).
• Southern water stymies the Atlantic Ocean’s overturning circulation. Physics Today. January 25. (Dr Adele Morrison).
• Global temperatures in 2020 set record highs. Science Magazine (AAAS). January 14. (Prof Nerilie Abram).
• Reflections on weather and climate research. Nature. January 13. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Bushfires a wake-up call for the future, say ANU scientists. About Regional. February 1. (Prof Nerilie Abram).

• Want to help fill in the blanks of our weather history? Life Matters RN, January 13. (Dr Joelle Gergis).
• 2020 equals world’s hottest year on record, as factors behind Black Summer become clearer. ABC News, InQueensland. January 12. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Prof Nerilie Abram).
• Why this summer has been so damn wet. Junkee. January 11. (Dr Ailie Gallant)
• More reflectivity can cool the world. The Good Man Project. January 10. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• Black Summer study: Grim warning on Australia’s fire future. Adelaide Advertiser. January 8. (Prof Nerilie Abram).
• Bushfires in Australia to become more frequent, prolonged, severe: Experts. The Weather Channel (India/IANS). January 8. (Prof Nerilie Abram).
• Grim warning on Australia’s fire future. Queensland Times. January 8. (Prof Neriie Abram).
• Mega fires ring alarm on climate. China Daily. January 8. (Prof Nerilie Abram).
• Black Summer study: Grim warning on Australia’s fire future. The Weekly Times. January 8. (Prof Nerilie Abram).
• Heat, dryness leaves Aust ‘primed to burn’. Mandurrah Mail (AAP), Seven News, Port Lincoln Times. January 8. (Prof Nerilie Abram).
• Australian bushfires to become “more frequent, prolonged, severe”: study. Daily News (Egypt / Xinhua). January 8. (Prof Nerilie Abram).
• Australia’s Black Summer a climate wake-up call. Mirage News. January 8 (Prof Nerilie Abram).
• What fuelled Australia’s “Black Summer” fires? Cosmos Magazine. January 8. (Prof Nerilie Abram).
• Australia’s Black Summer a climate wake-up call. Phys.org. January 8. (Prof Nerile Abram).
• Wet, wet, wet in La Niña, but 2020 was still Australia’s fourth-hottest year. The New Daily. January 7. (Prof Nerilie Abram).
• Australia records fourth-warmest year in 2020, despite La Niña. The Guardian. January 4. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Despite La Niña, Australia was the fourth warmest year in 2020. Brinkwire. January 4. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• A year of Tasmanian climate change research: from warming waters impact to forest vulnerabilities. Tasmanian Examiner. January 4. (Prof Neil Holbrook).