Category Archives: ice

Struggling for words in the face of a crisis

Posted on 7 August 2018 by Peter Boyer

We seem paralysed and struck dumb by the monstrous crisis threatening life on Earth. A couple of bystanders at Manly Beach in the ABC’s revived War on Waste series said all we need to know about our all-too-human response to … Continue reading →

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The awesome challenge of coastal inundation

Posted on 30 January 2018 by Peter Boyer

A significant increase in Antarctica’s contribution to sea-level rise raises the prospect of a 1 metre to 1.8 metre sea level rise within a human lifetime. That should be raising alarm bells among authorities and planners. A giant is stirring to … Continue reading →

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The man behind the black armbands

Posted on 9 January 2018 by Peter Boyer

Tom Maggs was remembered by Australia’s cricket elite on Boxing Day, though cricket was not his scene. He was a champion of another kind. Last week I went to the funeral of a man who died on Christmas Eve after … Continue reading →

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