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Self-drive Car Platooning real world tests

Written by: Mike Bantick | Published in: ClimateThey are called Safe Road Trains for the Environment (SARTRE) and like something out of the film Minority Report they promise an improved way of...

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CSIRO says climate change knowledge essential

Written by: David Swan | Published in: ClimateUnderstanding how climate change could impact on the deterioration of the basic building block of much of Australia's infrastructure - concrete - is...

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Japanese supercomputer predicts 2012's climate patterns

Written by: David Heath | Published in: ClimateClimate variations in the Indian and Pacific Oceans will drive the planet's climate in 2012.  

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Its official - climate change is human-caused

Written by: David Heath | Published in: ClimateHaving exhausted all other possible causes, Melbourne University researchers conclude that the dramatic increase in local temperatures over the past 60...

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Magnitude 5.3 earthquake rocks Melbourne (and the social media)

Written by: David Heath | Published in: ClimateFelt as minor shaking with a low rumble throughout Melbourne, a mid-sized earthquake, reported to be the largest ever recorded in Victoria,  gave the...

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Facebook and twitter first to report: Earthquake shakes Melbourne again

Written by: Dexter Eugenio | Published in: ClimateIn what is now a seemingly regular occurrence for Melbournians, a 4.5 magnitude earthquake has rocked south east Victoria for a second time since a 5.4...

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Historical surface temperature review: we're definitely getting hotter

Written by: David Heath | Published in: ClimateEven the climate change sceptics are coming on-board. A recent study by the Berkeley Earth group confirms both a rising temperature and a closely related...

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Mt Everest as you've never seen it before

Written by: David Heath | Published in: ClimateImagine stitching together 477 images to create a 3.8 gigapixel picture of Mt Everest.

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NICTA, SIRCA, researchers come together on big data project

Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: ClimateAustralia’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence, NICTA, is leading what it says is a ground-breaking,...

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Rising CO2 level making Earth's deserts bloom: CSIRO study

Featured | Written by: Stan Beer | Published in: ClimateA new study based on satellite observations, just released globally by Australia's science agency the CSIRO, is likely to cause a stir among...

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Bureau of Meteorology to upgrade its supercomputer

Featured | Written by: David Swan | Published in: ClimateAustralia's government-run weather experts the Bureau of Meterology will purchase a new supercomputer and datacentre following a datalink...

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Icelandic volcano - will air travel be affected again?

Written by: David Heath | Published in: ClimateSignificant activity at Bardarbunga volcano suggests a sub-glacial eruption is pending. This isn't good news for air travellers.

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Icelandic volcano - an update

Written by: David Heath | Published in: ClimateThe volcano Bardarbunga briefly erupted yesterday, temporarily raising the aviation warning state to Red.

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WWF says tigers near extinction

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateAccording to a report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF, or panda.org), only 3,200 tigers are left in the world. The WWF states they are near...

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Lessening fog may hurt California redwoods

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateFog has been decreasing during the summer months along the Pacific coast of the United States. According to new U.S. research, this climate change over...

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CSIRO book highlights Australian agriculture

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateA new book by 36 science experts from Australia, highlights the ways that Australian agricultural, fisheries, and forestry industries can cope and,...

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Loggerhead turtles may get endangered tag

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateThe NOAA and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have teamed up to propose the loggerhead turtle be placed on the endangered-species listing while in...

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Is it hot in here? The 'State of the Climate' in Australia

Written by: David Heath | Published in: ClimateToday the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and the CSIRO published a snapshot of the state of climate change in Australia.

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It's a-blowin' in the wind over Southern Ocean

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateAustralian and U.S. scientists have concluded that the winds over the Southern Ocean hold the key to how its surface waters help to transfer heat and...

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CSIRO, Bayer team on sustainable cereal crops

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateA two-year research program in Australia will assess the sustainability of more efficient cereal crops. Bayer CropScience and CSIRO are teaming up to...

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Why is southwest Western Australia so dry?

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateAustralian and Chinese scientists have come up with an answer to the question 'Why has southwest Western Australia experienced dramatic declines in...

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Gigantic current found in Southern Ocean

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateA deep ocean current has been discovered near the Kerguelen plateau in the southern Indian Ocean. The Japanese and Australian discoverers say it is...

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U.S., Australia has giant carbon footprints

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateAccording to research performed by Australian and Singapore researchers, the countries of Australia and the United States are among the top ten worst...

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Simon McKeon becomes CSIRO head

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateAustralia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has appointed Simon McKeon as its new chairperson.  

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Australia holds Climate Adaptation Futures 2010 Conference

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateBeginning on Tuesday 29, 2010, Australia will hold its first climate change adaptation conference. It will be held on the Gold Coast for three days.  

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How high are the forests? Ask NASA

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateThe U.S. space agency NASA has produced the world's first map of the height of all Earth's forests. The map will help scientists learn more about the...

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Tasmania bags bags

Written by: Alex Zaharov-Reutt | Published in: ClimateAlthough Mr McGuire recommended 'plastics' to Benjamin in 'The Graduate', ye olde plastic bags are being bagged, done, dusted and dismissed from...

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Media watchdog slams Alan Jones, 2GB over ‘inaccurate’ climate change comments

Featured | Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: ClimateSydney radio shock jock Alan Jones has been rapped over the knuckles by the media watchdog ACMA for factually unsupported comments he made two...

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Artificial intelligence, Big Data used for seafloor geology mapping

Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: ClimateNational ICT Australia (NICTA) and the University of Sydney have collaborated to create the first digital map of seafloor sediments using artificial...

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Weather forecasting just got better- much better

Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: ClimateMore accurate and more frequent weather forecasts will now be delivered by the Bureau of Meteorology with the bureau now given access to the Himawari-8...

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