14 December 2016 • News New policy to steer Monash University’s attack on climate change The Monash University Environmental, Social and Governance statement (ESG) will tackle climate change through its teaching, research, engagement, investments and campus operations. The new policy…
16 March 2016 • News Global warming could occur more quickly than expected Global warming could occur more quickly than expected, according to a new model which is the first to include “energy use per person” as a predictive…
22 October 2015 • News Making Melbourne resilient The University of Melbourne and City of Melbourne are joining together to strengthen Melbourne’s resilience in the face of sustainability challenges including global warming. In…
27 August 2015 • News JCU researchers study high-altitude climate change Australian scientists have discovered many tropical mountaintop plants won’t survive global warming, even under the best-case climate scenario. James Cook University and Australian Tropical Herbarium…
22 December 2014 • News University of Melbourne climate change researchers say 2014 will be Europe’s hottest year on record There is evidence that human-induced climate change has played a significant role in Europe’s hottest year on record. The data comes from three teams of…
24 October 2014 • News Climate detectives find handprint of climate change in Australia Four new research studies suggest that Australia’s recent droughts and heat waves of record-breaking seasons of 2013 were virtually impossible without the influence of global…
3 June 2014 • News Macquarie study shows ecosystem's natural response slows global warming A two-decade study of carbon storage changes within North American forests provides new evidence of the direct impact of climate change on ecosystem function, opening questions…
2 June 2014 • News Monash says tropical Pacific “sweet spot” partly responsible for Arctic warming An international team of scientists estimate that up to half of the recent global warming in Greenland is caused by natural climate variations. The research,…
2 April 2014 • News Macquarie says global warming may increase methane emissions from freshwater ecosystems New research suggests that rising global temperatures will increase the quantity of the key greenhouse gas methane emitted from freshwater ecosystems to the Earth’s atmosphere—which…
21 January 2014 • News UQ climate change paper has the whole world talking A University of Queensland researcher’s work has been ranked 11th in a listing of the world’s top 100 most talked about academic papers of 2013. Global…