ANU Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions

Chart of the Day: Australia is the global solar pathfinder, because it has to be Australia is the global solar pathfinder because it has to be, and because it has demonstrated that it is straightforward and low cost.

Australia is the global solar pathfinder because it has to be, and because it has demonstrated that it is straightforward and low cost

01.04.2025 02:43 — 👍 32    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 1

‘Same shit, different year’: Australia records hottest 12 months and warmest March on record ANU climate scientist says ‘everyone is getting fatigued these records keep falling – it’s now incredibly predictable’

“It’s the same shit, different year,” ANU climate scientist Prof Sara Perkins-Kirkpatrick said. “I am sure everyone is now getting fatigued that these records keep falling. It’s now incredibly predictable.”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

03.04.2025 01:30 — 👍 147    🔁 68    💬 2    📌 7

Could a tropical cyclone hit Sydney one day? Here's what the science says As global temperatures climb, scientists say some of the things that made Tropical Cyclone Alfred unique — such as threatening to make landfall further south than normal and causing more damage — coul...

"So it's not a question of … 'Is this cyclone caused by climate change?' It's a question of, 'How much stronger is this cyclone because of climate change?'" Professor MarkHowden speaks to ABC News: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

17.03.2025 22:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Policymakers and researchers come together today at the Australian Climate Security and Disaster Preparedness Symposium to enhance Australian research capacity and better address vulnerabilities related to climate change.
@roslyn_prinsley @jessiemoritz.bsky.social @ASPI_org
@NSC_ANU

14.03.2025 06:05 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

As Trump attacks US science agencies, ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred ushers in a fresh wave of climate denial in Australia | Adam Morton Alfred is being used as the latest front in an ideological war, but facts are relevant to how we prepare for a climate-changed future

A column today: As Trump attacks US science agencies, ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred ushers in a fresh wave of climate denial in Australia

Features some excellent climate science explanation by Prof Mark Howden from @anu-iceds.bsky.social

11.03.2025 00:56 — 👍 60    🔁 29    💬 5    📌 1

Flying into the eye of a cyclone Sarah Ferguson presents Australia's premier daily current affairs program, delivering agenda-setting public affairs journalism and interviews that hold the powerful to account. Plus political analysis...

Australian scientists, led by Dr Roslyn Prinsley, are investigating a method to diminish the intensity of a powerful cyclone before it destroys communities.

Alysia Thomas-Sam from ABC News reports.

Watch: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

11.03.2025 21:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Call for nomination of Authors - IPCC AR7 📣 📝 See a detailed description of the IPCC writing and review process here: www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/... Author's tasks and responsibilities are specified in Annex 1.
Submissions here: apps.ipcc.ch/nominations/... Deadline Thursday 17 April (midnight CEST)

10.03.2025 22:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

‘Like preparing to fight a war’: Can we stop a cyclone in its tracks? Scientists are dusting off Cold War-era research into weather manipulation as climate change intensifies and makes cyclones more dangerous.

Scientists are investigating ways to stop cyclones as climate change worsens their effects. AsPr Roslyn Prinsley advocates for innovative solutions like using aerosols to intervene. The goal is to protect communities from increasingly dangerous weather events: www.smh.com.au/environment/...

07.03.2025 05:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Drive - ABC listen A lively mix of local news, current affairs, sport, finance, traffic and weather and lifestyle

"Climate change is heating up the oceans and the atmosphere and that actually can supercharge cyclones" - Roslyn Prinsley
on research that aims to modify cyclones at their early development stage (starts 4:40):
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

05.03.2025 00:21 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

EXPERT REACTION: Tropical Cyclone Alfred headed for south-east Queensland coast EXPERT REACTION: Tropical Cyclone Alfred headed for south-east Queensland coast Category 2 Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to hit the east coast of Australia on Thursday, with towns acros...

🌀Category 2 Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to hit the east coast of Australia on Thursday and experts from #unsw #UniMelb @uni-newcastle.bsky.social @griffith.edu.au @scienceanu.bsky.social @sydneyuni.bsky.social respond

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03.03.2025 05:45 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Cop16 countries strike crucial deal on nature despite global tensions Delegates hammer out compromise on delivering billions of dollars to protect species and their habitats Delegates from across the world have cheered a last-gasp deal to map out funding to protect nature, breaking a deadlock at UN talks seen as a test for…

Cop16 countries strike crucial deal on nature despite global tensions

28.02.2025 01:25 — 👍 20    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 3

Thank you everyone at the ANU Climate Update 2025 - it was inspiring and sobering, as Professor Mark Howden said “We have to put to bed this idea that we’re tracking OK and that having some aspirational target of net zero by 2050 will somehow make us avoid going over 1.5°C."
Watch: loom.ly/NHzheMU

20.02.2025 03:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Clean energy contributed 10% to China’s GDP in 2024, analysis shows Study found electric vehicles and batteries added largest amount to country’s clean-energy economy Clean energy contributed a record 10% of China’s gross domestic product in 2024, an analysis has found. With sales and investments worth 13.6tn yuan…

Clean energy contributed 10% to China’s GDP in 2024, analysis shows

19.02.2025 03:44 — 👍 41    🔁 17    💬 3    📌 1