climate change
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Your 4-Minute Briefing on the Australian Government’s Climate Change Bill
The Senate has given the green light to Australia’s Climate Change Bill 2022. Here’s your explainer of what it’s all about.
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European Water Levels Are so Low Carmakers Will Cut Back River Shipments
Carmakers in Europe are monitoring low water levels in major rivers, which are making companies reduce shipments across the continent. In Germany, the Rhine River is at critically low levels below one metre, or 1.01 m. Ford has already reduced the number of Ford Fiesta models shipped over the Rhine by 40 cars per vessel,…
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How Not to Solve the Climate Change Problem
When politicians talk about reaching “net zero” emissions, they’re often counting on trees or technology that can pull carbon dioxide out of the air. What they don’t mention is just how much these proposals or geoengineering would cost to allow the world to continue burning fossil fuels. There are many proposals for removing carbon dioxide,…
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The Earth Is Warming, So Why Is Australia So Cold Right Now?
It’s an offhand joke a lot of us make – it’s freezing, can we get a bit more of that global warming right about now? But how should we really conceive our day-to-day weather in the context of climate change, especially when Australia’s east coast is enduring a colder-than-normal start to winter? Here are four…