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A thin layer of surface water has been baked by the sun.
A short history of predicting an ice-free Arctic – and why you should listen to this one.
Honolulu, Baltimore, Charleston, S.C. and several other cities harmed by rising seas and extreme weather are suing the oil industry. At stake is who pays for the staggering costs of climate change.
Fear and Wonder is a new climate podcast, brought to you by The Conversation and the Climate Council. In this final episode, we discuss how poorer nations are at greater risk to a changing climate.
In May 1953, scientist Gilbert Plass made some extraordinarily prescient comments.
Where there’s fire, there’s smoke – could plumes from the Black Summer of fire have cooled regions of the Pacific and triggered a La Niña? New research suggests it’s possible.
Fear and Wonder is a new climate podcast, brought to you by The Conversation, and sponsored by the Climate Council. In this episode, we discuss possible solutions to the climate crisis.
Cloud seeding – spraying materials into clouds to increase precipitation – has been around for nearly 80 years. But only recently have scientists been able to measure how effective it really is.
Fear and Wonder is a new climate podcast, brought to you by The Conversation, and sponsored by the Climate Council. In this live bonus episode, we discuss where to next on climate change.
A psychologist explains how opponents of climate policies use a common thinking error to manipulate the public – and why people are so susceptible.
Fear and Wonder is a new climate podcast, brought to you by The Conversation, and sponsored by the Climate Council. In episode five, we discuss how climate change is affecting vulnerable species.
Afghanistan and Central America have growing populations, limited resources, and the potential for more extreme heatwaves.
Fear and Wonder is a new climate podcast, brought to you by The Conversation, and sponsored by the Climate Council. In episode four, we discuss how climate change is affecting the water cycle.
Fear and Wonder is a new climate podcast, brought to you by The Conversation, and sponsored by the Climate Council. In episode three, we discuss the latest advances in extreme weather attribution.
Fear and Wonder is a new climate podcast, brought to you by The Conversation, and sponsored by the Climate Council. In episode two, we discuss the latest advances for measuring climate change.
Climate models embed colonial attitudes and massive inequality.
Fear and Wonder is a new climate podcast, brought to you by The Conversation, and sponsored by the Climate Council. In episode one, we discuss how scientists know the climate is changing.
Fear and Wonder is a new climate podcast, brought to you by The Conversation, and sponsored by the Climate Council.
A supercomputer spent six months projecting localised rainfall extremes decades into the future.
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Honorary Associate Professor of Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Host + Producer, The Conversation
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Deputy Director, Engagement and Impact, The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Associate in Meteorology, University of Bristol
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ARC DECRA Fellow, UNSW
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Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century, Monash University
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Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
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Associate Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Weather of the 21st Century, Monash University
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
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Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research, University of Technology Sydney
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Chair Professor, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
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Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures, University of Leeds