Climate Tasmania

A Hobart scientist’s achievement in casting light on what is causing our sea levels to change has been recognised with Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science. [10 April 2012 | Peter Boyer]
Under low clouds, perhaps lit by a lightning bolt, the city waits helplessly as a wind-whipped surge of ocean water approaches, threatening to [...]

Departing thoughts from the inaugural chair of Tasmania’s Climate Action Council [21 February 2012 | Peter Boyer]
Time is speeding up — have you noticed? As a child, a couple of hours in a classroom was an eternity, but now I’m still getting used to a year (or a decade) when we arrive at the next [...]

Government support for the rebuilding of our communities is inadequate, but the Transition movement is stepping into the breach. [7 February 2012 | Peter Boyer]
There are an awful lot of ways we can go about reducing our carbon pollution. We can rely on governments to impose various measures from above, or we can do any [...]