2021 Media

March

• Andy Pitman briefed the technical team of the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the use of climate models in assessing financial risk. He also presented to Lazard Asset Management, New York, on the use and misuse of climate models in the financial sector .
• Jason Evans presented a webinar on Impacts of climate change on extreme event hydrology for the Australian Water School, where attendees were largely practising engineers.
• Andy Pitman gave a briefing to World Business Council for Sustainability Development, on the use of climate models and climate projections in assessing risk, based on the Nature Climate Change paper.
• Lisa Alexander gave a presentation to UNEP Finance Initiative on Using climate observations and models in assessments of risk: challenges and opportunities. There were more than 180 financial institutions and investors logged in for this talk.

February

• Scientists warn over misuse of climate models in financial markets. Reuters, DeviDiscourse, Yahoo News, Investing.com, The Sun Daily, Financial Post. February 9. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• Potential for misuse of climate data a threat to business and financial markets. Mirage News. February 9. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• A threat to business and financial markets: misuse of climate data. SciTech Daily. February 8. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• Climate models are not designed for use by financial markets, warn scientists. BollyInside. February 8. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• Climate models are not designed for use by financial markets, scientists warn. Insurance Journal. February 8. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• Does ‘nature alone’ control global carbon dioxide levels? AAP Factcheck, Newcastle Herald, The Islander, Margaret River Mail. February 1. (Prof Matthew England).

January

• How heatwaves and drought combine to produce the perfect firestorm. The Conversation, Gizmodo. January 29. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Philip Kyeremanteng: Will the pandemic have a significant environmental impact? Joy Online. January 26. (Assoc Prof Donna Green).
• Reflections on weather and climate research. Nature. January 13. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• 2020 equals world’s hottest year on record, as factors behind Black Summer become clearer. ABC News, InQueensland. January 12. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• More reflectivity can cool the world. The Good Man Project. January 10. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• Australia records fourth-warmest year in 2020, despite La Niña. The Guardian. January 4. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Despite La Niña, Australia was the fourth warmest year in 2020. Brinkwire. January 4. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).

2020 Media

December

• Fire and floods: brace yourself for more of this, experts say. SBS News. December 16. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).

November

• Climate change is already here: major scientific report. Sydney Morning Herald. November 13. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• Advancing Knowledge of ENSO in a Changing Climate. EOS. November 9 (Dr Agus Santoso).
• Extreme weather explained: How climate change makes storms stronger. DW. November 6. (Dr Alejandro Di Luca).
• Weather bureau latest: Locals can expect a warm, sunny weekend, ideal weather for this week’s Dubbo Farmers Market. Dubbo Times. November 5. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).

October

• Colorado is fighting the worst wildfires in its history. The Hill. October 30. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Weather Bureau latest: Dubbo forecast for a warm breezy weekend to finish off October. Daily Telegraph. October 29. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• “The genie is out of the bottle, we have to turn down the heat” – A grim milestone heralds a grim future. Croakey. October 28. (Assoc Prof Donna Green).
• World on fire 2020: Experts explain the global wildfire crisis. Landscape News, Resilience. October 21. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick)
• The Sydney suburbs that hit 50C last summer. Sydney Morning Herald. October 5. (Prof Jason Evans).

September

• La Nina event tipped to be declared, points to stormy, wet times ahead. Sydney Morning Herald. September 29. (Dr Agus Santoso).
• We looked at 35 years of rainfall and learnt how droughts start in the Murray-Darling Basin. The Conversation, Lifehacker. September 26. (Chiara Holgate, Prof Jason Evans).
• As wildfires rage, climate experts warn: The future we were worried about is here. NBC News. September 19. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• PhD students need support at the best of the times. How can you help in a pandemic? The Conversation, Study International. September 15. (Dr Melissa Hart).
• The Users’ Guide to the Future #3 – Can we fight bushfires with cool burns? The Next Billion Seconds podcast. September 15. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• The Users Guide to the Future #2 – Why are we seeing more heatwaves? The Next Billion Seconds podcast. September 10. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).

• The Users Guide to the Future #1 – Designing for Flood Resilience in a Wetter World. The Next Billion Seconds podcast. September 8. (Prof Steve Sherwood).
• As wildfires rage, climate experts warn: The future we were worried about is here. NBC News. September 7. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• El Nino lulls lead to harsh floods, fires and droughts: study. Sydney Morning Herald. September 3. (Dr Agus Santoso).

August

• Flooding could occur daily in Sydney by the end of this century because of climate change. The Guardian, MSN News. August 5. (Prof Matthew England).
• Advanced International Analysis Narrows Range of Climate’s Sensitivity to CO2. Sci Tech Daily. Focus Technica. August 4. (Prof Steve Sherwood).

July

• The Planet Has a Fever. State of the Planet Columbia University. July 31. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Under climate change, winter will be the best time for bush burn-offs – and that could be bad news for public health. The Conversation, Prevention Web, Mirage News. July 30. (Prof Jason Evans, Dr Melissa Hart, Dr Annette Hirsch)
• How climate change will impact prescribed burning days. Phys.org. July 30. (Prof Jason Evans).
• Study shows how climate change may alter prescribed burning across Australia. News Medical Life Sciences. July 29. (Prof Jason Evans).

• News Corp columnist Ian Plimer’s climate denialism called out by press council. The Guardian. July 24. (Prof Katrin Meissner).
• Hope in the time of climate change. The Greens (article), Mirage. July 24. (Dr Sarah Perkins Kirkpatrick, Dr Gab Abramowitz, Dr Alex Sen Gupta).
• NOAA’s La Niña watch could signal a dry winter for Los Angeles. Los Angeles Times. July 23. (Prof Steve Sherwood).
• Major new climate study rules out less severe global warming scenarios. Washington Post. July 23. (Prof Steve Sherwood).
• How Much Will the Planet Warm if Carbon Dioxide Levels Double? New York Times, The Morning Call. July 23. (Prof Steve Sherwood).
• After 40 years, researchers finally see Earth’s climate destiny more clearly. Science Magazine (AAAS). July 23. (Prof Steve Sherwood).
• The evidence is in: we need to flatten the carbon-emissions curve. Sydney Morning Herald. July 23. (Prof Steve Sherwood).
• Sensitive planet: Scientists narrow the expected heating from CO2 rise. Sydney Morning Herald. July 23. (Prof Steve Sherwood).
• Global heating: best and worst case scenarios less likely than thought. The Guardian, MSN News. July 23. (Prof Steve Sherwood).
• The climate won’t warm as much as we feared – but it will warm more than we hoped. The Conversation, The Next Web. July 23. (Prof Steve Sherwood).
• Guest post: Why low-end ‘climate sensitivity’ can now be ruled out. Carbon Brief. July 23. (Prof Steve Sherwood).
• International analysis narrows range of climate’s sensitivity to carbon dioxide. Phys.org. July 23. (Prof Steve Sherwood).
• Major study rules out super-high and low climate sensitivity to CO₂. ArsTechnica. July 23. (Prof Steve Sherwood-led research).
• New international analysis narrows the range in sensitivity of climate to CO2. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. July 23. (Prof Steve Sherwood).
• Research reveals sensitivity of Earth’s climate to carbon dioxide. AZO Cleantech. July 23. (Prof Steve Sherwood).
• Climate Sensitivity: A new assessment. RealClimate. July 22. (Prof Steve Sherwood-led research).
• Top Scientists Just Ruled Out Best-Case Global Warming Scenarios. Bloomberg Green, Financial Post. July 23. (Prof Steve Sherwood led research).
• Comprehensive study gives clearest estimate yet of global warming. ECNS (Xinhua wires). July 23. (Prof Steve Sherwood).
• Not Just In India, Heatwaves Have Become Longer & More Frequent Since The 1950s Around The World. ScoopWoop. July 18. (CLEX, Prof Lisa Alexander).
• Weather: Extreme heat, heavy rain more frequent and more intense. NewsHub. July 12. (Prof Lisa Alexander).
• Global heatwaves. News Radio Breakfast. ABC. July 11. (Sarah Perkins Kirkpatrick).

• Heatwave trends accelerate worldwide. Cosmos Magazine. July 8. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Climate Change Is Real: Extreme Heat And Rain Are Occurring More Often. India Times. July 8. (Assoc Prof Lisa Alexander).
• Increasing frequency of heat waves worldwide since the 1950s. AccuWeather. July 8. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Heat waves worldwide have become longer and more frequent in last 70 years, may worsen due to global warming. Meaww. July 8. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Heatwaves have become longer, frequent in last 70 years: Study. Outlook Indo Asian News Service (IANS), Web India, Business Insider India. July 7. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Heat waves have become more frequent and intense since the 1950s. New York Post. July 6. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Heatwaves are more frequent and durable. Reforma. July 6. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Heat Waves Have Increased in Frequency and Length Since the 1950s, Study Says. The Weather Channel. July 6. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Extreme heat and rain: thousands of weather stations show there’s now more of both, for longer. The Conversation, Prevention Web, News Hub. July 6. (Prof Lisa Alexander).
• Heatwaves are getting hotter, longer, more frequent globally. ZME Science. July 6. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Heatwaves increased in frequency and duration since 1950s. Brinkwire. July 5. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Heatwave Trends Accelerate Worldwide – More and Longer Heatwaves Since 1950’s. SciTech Daily. July 5. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Climate crisis: Heatwaves have become longer and more frequent since the 1950s. The Independent (UK). July 4. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Heatwaves have been increasing in frequency and duration since the 1950s in nearly every part of the world, study shows. Daily Mail Australia. July 4. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Brace Yourself: Intensity of Heat Waves Increasing, Could Create a ‘Ring of Fire’ Pattern. International Business Times. July 4. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Trend towards worsening heatwaves is accelerating, new research finds. Sydney Morning Herald. July 3. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• The world endured 2 extra heatwave days per decade since 1950 – but the worst is yet to come. The Conversation, MENAFN, Stuff NZ, Times Australian. July 3. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Heatwaves have become longer in most of the world since 1950s – study. The Guardian. July 3. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Heatwave alert: Hot weather trends have ‘accelerated’ in past 70 years – climate study. Express (UK). July 3. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Heat waves have become more frequent and intense in most of the world since 1950s: study. Fox News, Fox Wilmington. July 3. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick)
• Heatwave trends accelerate worldwide. Phys.org. July 3 (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Heat waves have become more frequent and intense in most of the world since 1950s: study. Armenian Reporter. July 3. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• A New Study Reveals Increased Frequency and Duration of Hot Air Waves. Somag News. July 3. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Heat waves have become more frequent and intense in most of the world since the 1950s: study. News Dio. July 3. (Dr Sarah Perkins Kirkpatrick).
• Eyes in the sky: Investors reach for new tools to gauge climate change risk. Thomson Reuters, Prevention Web, NASDAQ. July 2. (Prof Andy Pitman).

June

• Clouds may explain why climate models are predicting a warmer future. New Scientist. June 24. (Prof Steve Sherwood).
• NSW prepares for low-carbon future, but its policies still need teeth. Renew Economy. June 23. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• Australia’s longest weather record reveals snow in surprising places. ABC Online. June 11. (Joelle Gergis, Linden Ashcroft).
• Climate models show that the worst droughts are yet to come. Muy Interesante. June 8. (Dr Anna Ukkola).
• Climate change will make droughts more intense, more frequent. ZME News. June 3. (Dr Anna Ukkola).
• Australia among global ‘hot spots’ as droughts worsen in warming world. Sydney Morning Herald. June 1. (Dr Anna Ukkola, Prof Andy Pitman).

May

• ‘Atmospheric river’ 2000km long wallops Western Australia, heads east. Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax/Channel 9). May 25. (Prof Steve Sherwood).

April

• Coronavirus and climate: Australia’s chance to shift to green energy. BBC. April 27. (Prof Matthew England).
• Climate scientists say coronavirus could be Australia’s golden opportunity. SBS News. April 21. (Prof Matthew England).
• Covid-19 and the climate: how will the battle against global warming look from the other side? Medium. April 14. (Assoc Prof Donna Green).
• The world is coming together to fight coronavirus. It can do the same for the climate crisis. CNN, BBC News. April 8. (Assoc Prof Donna Green).

March

• Animals Farmed: Coronavirus threat to EU food supplies, America’s beef capital and the ‘anti-meat agenda’. The Guardian. March 24. (Prof Katrin Meissner).
• The world is coming together to fight coronavirus. It can do the same for the climate crisis. CNN, KTVZ, Erie News Now. March 19. (Assoc Prof Donna Green).
• Responding to ‘wild’ online comments about climate change. news.com.au. March 11. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Worrying Indian Ocean phenomenon spells climate trouble for Australia. Sci Tech Daily. March 11. (Prof Matthew England).
• More drought in Australia’s future as weather patterns change. Sydney Morning Herald. March 10. (Prof Nerilie Abram, Prof Matthew England).
• Indian Ocean system that drives extreme weather in Australia likely to worsen with global heating. The Guardian. March 10. (Prof Matthew England).
• 12 year deadline: How long we’ve got under climate change. news.com.au. March 9. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• The big impact of a small number – what 2C of warming actually looks like. news.com.au. March 9. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• The biggest climate change myths debunked. news.com.au. March 9. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• These are the places across Australia people will soon struggle to live in without serious challenges. news.com.au. March 9. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• ‘I’m profoundly sad, I feel guilty’: scientists reveal personal fears about the climate crisis. The Guardian. March 8. (Prof Katrin Meissner).
• The global warming of Australia’s wildfires. Global Goalscast. March 8. Prof Matthew England.

• Craig Kelly says Australia had more rainfall in the first 20 years of this century than the first 20 years of last century. Is he correct? ABC Online. March 6. (Dr Anna Ukkola).
• Study shows climate change link to devastating 2019/20 Australian bushfire season. Daily Telegraph, Adelaide Now, Cairns Post, Geelong Advertiser, Gold Coast Bulletin, Herald Sun, NT News, News.com.au, The Courier Mail, The Mercury, Townsville Bulletin, Weekly Times Now. March 6. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).

• Bushfire crisis conditions eight times more likely under 2C warming, analysis shows. The Guardian. March 5. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• UNSW to jettison fossil fuel investments by 2025 ‘at the latest’. Sydney Morning Herald. March 5. (Prof Matthew England).
• The Frontline: experts answer your questions on the impacts of the climate emergency – as it happened. The Guardian. March 3. (Assoc Prof Donna Green).
• Australia on the frontline: ask an expert about climate change and its effects. The Guardian. March 1. (Assoc Prof Donna Green).

February

• The politics of climate change. NBC (US). February 25. (Dr Sarah Perkins Kirkpatrick).
• ‘Extraordinary’ fires burnt at historical size, beyond climate projections. Sydney Morning Herald. February 25. (Dr Andrew King).
• Why drought-busting rain depends on the tropical oceans. The Conversation, Daily Bulletin, Beef Central. February 25. (Prof Andy Pitman, Dr Anna Ukkola).
• Australia: Queensland braces for flooding, police declare emergency. International Business Times. February 25. (Prof Matthew England).
• First look under imperilled Antarctic glacier finds ‘warm water coming from all directions’. Nature. February 20. (Prof Matthew England).
• Inside Australia’s climate emergency: the air we breathe. The Guardian. February 20. (Assoc Prof Donna Green).
• The world’s oceans are speeding up — another mega-scale consequence of climate change. Washington Post, Eco Watch. February 6. (Dr Alex Sen Gupta)
• No resilient Australia without emission cuts. Cosmos Magazine. February 1. (Multiple CCRC researchers)

January

• He’s cherrypicking with intent: Here’s what the climate scientist Andrew Bolt keeps quoting would like you to know. The Feed SBS News. January 27. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• How farmers can help to reforest Australia and suck carbon from the atmosphere. Domain Fairfax. January 25. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• The race to decipher how climate change influenced Australia’s record fires. Nature. January 23. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Huge dust cloud engulfs South Australia, turns skies orange. NBC News. January 23. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• CFCs are a major driver of Arctic warming, study finds. Globe and Mail. January 20. (Rishav Goyal).
• Out of the bushfires and into land management plans. The Australian. January 18. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• What is ‘real’ action on climate change? Sydney Morning Herald. January 16. (Prof Matthew England).
• The Australian bushfires’ link with climate change is a warning for the rest of the world. Bustle. January 14. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• Scott Morrison talks of going ‘even further’ on emissions in response to fires. Sydney Morning Herald. January 12. (Prof Andy Pitman).
• Scientists paint Australia fires as red alert on climate change. Thomson Reuters, National Post, Yeni Safak, Taipei Times. January 11. (Prof Nerilie Abram, Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• How climate change is fanning Australia’s flames. Science Friday podcast. January 10. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Australia burns on: How it happened and what to do. Environmental Protection. January 9. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Research shows Montreal Protocol is slowing global warming. R744.com, Hydrocarbons21. January 9. (Rishav Goyal, Prof Matthew England).
• Australia bushfires: Govt report in 2008 predicted climate change would intensify wildfires in 2020. Newshub NZ. January 9. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Australia’s vast wildfires foretold in 2007 UN climate warning . Bloomberg Quint. January 9. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick)
• Australian government report predicted severe wildfires 11 years ago. New Scientist. January 8. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Funds needed to fight wildfires. The Beverly Review. January 8. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• How Australia’s bushfires will affect us for a lifetime to come. Femestella. January 7. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• . NBC News. January 7. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Jakarta’s floods are yet another wake-up call on climate change. Vice. January 7. (Dr Markus Donat).
• Slowing global warming by accident. National Geographic. January 7. (Rishav Goyal, Dr Martin Jucker).
• Australia can only save itself if it fixes the rot in its political system. Byline Times. January 6. (Prof Lisa Alexander, Prof Andy Pitman).
• Rethinking climate modelling to prepare for even hotter temperatures. Phys.org, Futurity. January 6. (Dr Andrew King).
• Australia’s fires could change the country forever. NBC News, News 4 Tuscon, 41NBC. January 4. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• How to help people and animals affected by the Australia bushfires – plus ways to fight for climate justice. Teen Vogue. January 4. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Apocalyptic fires in Australia are now generating their own severe weather systems. The Mary Sue. January 4. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Australian wildfires rage as another state declares disaster. NBC News (US). January 3. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• Morning briefing: Australia wildfires rage as another State declares disaster. NBC News. January 3. (Dr Sarah Perkns-Kirkpatrick).
• How to help Australia’s unpaid firefighters battle the bushfire crisis. Mashable (Australia). January 3. (Prof Nerilie Abram).
• The Australian wildfires are so bad you can see them from space. Futurism. January 3. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
• 2019 was Australia’s hottest year on record – 1.5C above average temperature. The Guardian. January 2. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).

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