A record-breaking heatwave hit Delhi this week, hot on the heels of heat in Asia and Africa. Australians take note, we are not safe here. We need to prepare for heat to hit us just as hard.
- Honorary Associate Professor in Environmental Health, Australian National University
We can no longer pretend we’re separate to nature. If ecosystems collapse, our society will be threatened too.
We’re lagging behind on the shift to electric vehicles and clean transport. Here’s what we need to do.
A new US study has found warmer temperatures will lead to more deaths from injury, for example in transport accidents, drownings, assaults and suicides. But what does this mean for Australia?
Berdasarkan standar internasional, suhu rata-rata di Australia sudah dinyatakan tinggi, tetapi apa yang terjadi ketika suhu terus naik? Seberapa panas yang bisa ditahan oleh tubuh kita?
Average temperatures in Australia are already high by international standards, but what happens when they continue to rise? How much heat can our bodies withstand?
Future extreme heat is worse and coming sooner than you might think. Unless we mitigate and adapt we face increasing death rates.
2016 is the third consecutive hottest year on record. How can we adapt?
The latest heatwaves in India have claimed at least 1,100 lives.
The Australian Academy of Science has warned that sick, older, poor and isolated Australians are at most risk from the health impacts of climate effects such as drought, fires, floods and heatwaves.
Sport is fundamental to Australia’s society, culture and economy. But how would we cope when the rising heat threatens some of our most beloved pastimes? A new report from the Climate Institute urges sports…
The world may have to rely on “emissions-negative” energy technologies in the latter half of this century, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s new report on reducing the impacts…
Heatwaves are returning to southern parts of Australia. Temperatures in Hobart reached 38.7C on Monday, Adelaide has another run of 40C-plus days looming, and Melbourne is facing a weekend high of 41C…
Complacency can kill. You would have to be living under a rock to be unaware that heat exposure can be deadly. Yet every year Australia – supposedly the “clever country” – endangers the lives of everyone…
Acclimatising to heat is a tough gig. Since 1970, central Australian regions have warmed 1.2ᵒC and as the world continues to get warmer, increasingly common and increasingly intense heat waves will make…
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