'Gets in your blood': coolest exhibition comes to town An ambitious exhibition documents Antarctica's 300 million-year history of flora and fauna and our fascination with the world's coldest continent. AAP · Jun 30
Antarctica's 'abrupt changes' spell climate warming Sea ice loss and other indicators point to fast changes to Antarctica that will have troubling consequences for Australia and the rest of the world. AAP · Aug 20, 2025
Antarctic Climate Shifts Threaten 'Catastrophic' Impacts Globally Abrupt and potentially irreversible changes in Antarctica driven by climate change could lift global oceans by metres and lead to "catastrophic consequences for generations", scientists warned Wednesday. International Business Times · Aug 20, 2025
Red alert in Antarctica: the year rapid, dramatic change hit climate scientists like a ‘punch in the guts’ Study after study showed the breakdown of climate systems taking place much earlier than foreseen, with potentially catastrophic results The Guardian - AU · Dec 30, 2023
What can we expect from the final UN climate report? And what is the IPCC anyway? After all the talk on the need for climate action, it’s time for a reality check. On Monday the world will receive the latest United Nations climate report. And it’s a big one. The Conversation · Mar 17, 2023
Australia remains at La Niña alert amid near-record Indian Ocean Dipole event The US, Japan, India and other countries have all declared a La Niña, but the BOM has not followed suit. Here's why. ABC News · Aug 30, 2022
The world's biggest ice sheet is more vulnerable to global warming than scientists previously thought The eastern two thirds of Antarctica is covered by an ice sheet so large that if it melted the sea would rise by 52 metres. Most scientists had once thought this ice sheet was largely invulnerable to climate change, but not any more. And our new research, published in Nature,… The Conversation · Aug 10, 2022
Race to save Antarctica's sleeping giant The world's largest ice sheet is called a 'sleeping giant' for good reason and Australian scientists say the race is on to prevent a horrible awakening. AAP · Aug 10, 2022
Climate change targets achievable by keeping global emissions to COVID levels, scientists say Between 2019 and 2020, global CO2 emissions experienced the greatest year-on-year drop in recorded history. Researchers say we have to cut emissions by that much every year to keep climate change within safe boundaries. ABC News · Jun 30, 2022
I am a climate scientist – and this is my plea to our newly elected politicians The 2022 federal election will go down in history as Australia’s climate change election. The Conversation · May 25, 2022