Neil Holbrook – The Conversation

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June 13, 2024

Of ice and fire: what sea salt in Antarctic snowfall reveals about bushfires worse than the Black Summer

Danielle Udy, University of Tasmania; Anthony Kiem, University of Newcastle; Neil Holbrook, University of Tasmania; Nerilie Abram, Australian National University, and Tessa Vance, University of Tasmania

Howling winds take sea salt from the Southern Ocean and lay it down in Antarctica as snow, then ice. Hidden in these ice cores is a warning about Australian fire seasons.

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April 10, 2024

The heat is on: what we know about why ocean temperatures keep smashing records

Alex Sen Gupta, UNSW ; Kathryn Smith, Marine Biological Association; Matthew England, UNSW ; Neil Holbrook, University of Tasmania; Thomas Wernberg, The University of Western Australia, and Zhi Li, UNSW

Heat is surging in the world’s oceans. Climate change and El Niño explain part of it – but not all.

Marine heatwaves can kill off species and alter ecosystems. (Shutterstock)

May 30, 2018

Marine heatwaves are getting hotter, lasting longer and doing more damage

Eric Oliver, Dalhousie University; Alistair Hobday, CSIRO; Dan Smale, Marine Biological Association; Neil Holbrook, University of Tasmania, and Thomas Wernberg, The University of Western Australia

Marine heatwaves have had little attention until recently, but they’re already having large effects.

Cyclone Pam has left a shell of Uwen Garae’s home in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Dave Hunt/AAP

March 17, 2015

Cyclone Pam: the Pacific needs a climate insurance scheme

Jeffrey McGee, University of Tasmania; Liam Phelan, University of Newcastle, and Neil Holbrook, University of Tasmania

The devastation to Vanuatu left in the wake of Cyclone Pam shows small islands in the Pacific need a climate insurance scheme, similar to what has been achieved in the Caribbean.

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