Climate Tasmania

A Tasmanian take on the thorniest global issue since the dinosaurs. Based on Peter Boyer’s newspaper column in the Hobart Mercury.

A reminder that climate change is upon us

A Hobart event this Saturday will be a reminder that it’s getting harder by the year to take effective action on our carbon emissions. [1 May 2012 | Peter Boyer]
Since time immemorial, using whatever intellectual tools are available to them, people have struggled to make sense of what they see around them.
At first we put [...]

How climate change is changing us

Keynote address to plenary session 2010 School Conference, School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 2 July 2010. View YouTube video here and here. [3 July 2010 | Peter Boyer]
[Professor] Elaine Stratford [head, School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania] showed impeccable timing when, a few weeks ago, she asked me [...]

Anticipating the impact of rising seas: a Tasmanian success story

Sea levels are likely to rise by around a metre by the end of this century. A Tasmanian mapping project is set to provide timely information for authorities and landowners around Australia’s 50,000 km of coastline. [30 June 2009 | Peter Boyer]
There’s a story from 11th century England that has a very modern ring to it. [...]