Climate Tasmania

Simulating our climate using computer models has been an important tool in understanding how rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect global processes. Now, world-leading modellers are building a high-resolution vision of our own island’s future climate. [10 November 2009 | Peter Boyer]
When we want to know what the weather’s doing now we [...]

The impact of climate change on coastal Australia will be immense, according to a federal parliamentary report released last week. We need to prepare now for the inevitable shocks to come. [3 November 2009 | Peter Boyer]
Those old outback symbols of our nation — the swagman, the drover’s wife, the bush humpy — have retreated far [...]