Category Archives: science

The science of climate change, incorporating earth sciences, atmospheric science, oceanography, biology, ecology, meteorology

Beneath the waves, a disaster in the making

Posted on 8 May 2018 by Peter Boyer

Marine heatwaves are devastating our coastal ecosystems like nothing we’ve ever seen. “The great mother of life” was how Rachel Carson, author of the 1962 environmental classic Silent Spring, described the sea. Today the great mother of life is ailing, … Continue reading →

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Australia has its own way of throttling science

Posted on 17 April 2018 by Peter Boyer

Malcolm Turnbull’s government is showing us there’s more than one way to kill off scientific research. While rolling back existing US climate measures, Donald Trump’s administration is busily rewriting the science of climate change to match its own version of … Continue reading →

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A scientist warns of ‘unthinkable’ disaster

Posted on 10 April 2018 by Peter Boyer

In the face of unfolding calamity, politicians continue to play games with coal power. Every so often I reach a personal tipping point. It happens when I encounter one too many of those blithe ministerial statements on another motorway extension, … Continue reading →

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