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There are competing claims over what the optimal office temperature is. Here’s what the research says.
New research has discovered brain receptors that sense heat also play a hand in appetite.
How to move beyond the warm words about tackling urban heat islands to doing something about them.
Major airports around the world will see more frequent flight restrictions in the coming decades because of increasingly common hot temperatures.
Schools need to have a formal policy in place for how to deal with heatwaves effectively and keep children cool and well.
Australia’s wheat harvest has stalled over the past 26 years, and worsening weather is to blame.
2016 was Australia’s fourth warmest year on record, capping off the hottest decade.
Global temperatures like 2015 will by normal by 2030, and Australia’s record-breaking 2013 summer will likely be an average summer by 2035.
The female body should maintain warmth better than the male, but this doesn’t seem to be the case.
Since April 2015, each month has been the hottest on record and it’s the longest hot streak on record.
Do you ever feel that the weather is worse on the weekend? Well you might be right!
Here’s the science.
Autumn 2016 was Australia’s hottest, beating the previous record set in 2005.
February 2016 was the hottest month by the biggest margin ever. Does that mean global warming has gone into hyperdrive?
Record-breaking years have been almost impossible without human-caused climate change.
2015 was the world’s hottest year ever by a long shot. But what drove the record temperatures, and what role did climate change play?
Rising temperatures affect people living in the developing world differently to those living in Europe and North America.
El Niño dominated global climate in 2015, but in Australia the story was more complicated. 2015 was Australia’s fifth warmest year on record, and saw the return of very dry conditions to parts of Australia.
2014 saw heatwaves of all kinds and other wild weather. Research can now explain that climate change made these events much more likely.
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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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ARC DECRA Fellow, UNSW
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Associate Professor of Exercise Physiology, Mississippi State University
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Climate scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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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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Climate Scientist and Researcher, University of Cape Town
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PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director, ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Climate Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Professor emeritus, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
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Duncan Mitchell is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Professorial Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell
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Associate Professor of Education, Charles Sturt University