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From AGE: ASON DOWLING, PETER KER AND ADAM MORTON, EcoEarth News,  27 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,  U.S. House of Representatives,  CSIRO,  Richard Wynne,  United Nations

Rising ocean temperatures near worst-case predictions

The ocean is warming about 50 per cent faster than reported two years ago, according to an update of the latest climate science. A report compiling research presented at a science congress in Copenhagen in March says recent observations are near the ...

From AGE: ADAM MORTON, EcoEarth News,  19 Jun 2009
Related Topics: United Nations

Danish minister ticks greenhouse target

The host of the Copenhagen international climate change summit has backed the Federal Government's goal of passing carbon trading laws this year, describing it as crucial to progress towards a new deal to limit greenhouse emissions. The call from ...

From AGE: ADAM MORTON AND MICHELLE GRATTAN, EcoEarth News,  21 May 2009
Related Topics: Connie Hedegaard (politician)

Australia: Greenhouse burial trial a success: scientists

VICTORIA'S potential role in developing divisive "clean coal" technology will be underlined this week when scientists announce 50,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas has been successfully stored underground in the Otway Basin. The news comes a year after ...

From AGE: ADAM MORTON, EcoEarth News,  19 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Peter Cook,  Kevin Rudd

Australia: More aged deaths predicted due to increase in extreme heat

THE number of elderly Melburnians dying due to extreme heat is expected to rise dramatically as climate change takes hold this century, research suggests. Heat stress is also projected to hit workplaces, with more regular oppressive days affecting ...

From AGE: ADAM MORTON, EcoEarth News,  26 Mar 2009

Solar credits a con, say greens

CLEAN energy advocates are advising people to reconsider installing solar power, warning it may perversely hurt the renewable energy industry. They say a proposed "solar credit scheme" will artificially inflate renewable energy figures, potentially ...

From AGE: ADAM MORTON, EcoEarth News,  3 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Penny Wong

Australia: Drought and fire here to stay with El Nino's return

VICTORIA is likely to come under the influence of another El Nino within the next three years, exacerbating the drought and the likelihood of bushfires, a senior Bureau of Meteorology climate scientist says. David Jones, the head of the bureau's ...

From AGE: ADAM MORTON, EcoEarth News,  17 Feb 2009
Related Topics: David Jones Limited,  CSIRO

Fears mount as Arctic melt prompts historic methane rise

ATMOSPHERIC concentrations of methane, "a greenhouse gas more than 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide", have risen for the first time in eight years, prompting concern about the pace of climate change. A global study in Geophysical Research ...

From AGE: ADAM MORTON, EcoEarth News,  2 Nov 2008
Related Topics: CSIRO

Australia: Act soon or face $15 trillion climate bill, Treasury warns

THE world could face a bill of more than $15 trillion if it chooses to let atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration reach a dangerous level before trying to wind it back, Treasury modelling suggests. Conversely, it could cost $610 billion to soften a ...

From AGE: ADAM MORTON, EcoEarth News,  1 Nov 2008
Related Topics: World Bank,  Kevin Rudd

Expert raises climate hopes

THE head of the UN's Nobel Prize-winning scientific body has argued for optimism on fragile climate negotiations, believing the snowballing impact of global warming may persuade world leaders to strike an ambitious deal. The chairman of the ...

From AGE: ADAM MORTON, EcoEarth News,  23 Oct 2008
Related Topics: United Nations,  Rajendra Pachauri

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