First 40°C for the ‘summer’ third hottest temperature ever recorded in Australia in August, only 0.1 shy of second hottest and 0.6C short of the all time August record
https://t.co/rOFRS07LYW
Extremes: https://t.co/tp4usL6YYA
“By living our modern lives more intelligently, the Milky Way could be visible again from anywhere, including the heart of Sydney, Paris or Los Angeles – just as it was 100 years ago.”
https://t.co/Abp4ZCwbVI
#Sydney's 142.6mm during the last 24 hours was the city's heaviest daily rain in 4 years and its wettest June day since 1991. It's also more than one month's rain for this time of year. Sydney's June monthly average is about 132mm.
“It is hard to see the former military lawyer being locked in a cell, and say Australia is either safer, or better because of it.”
https://t.co/WDNZgXyach
I do not believe that impartiality in reporting means ignoring relevant context. The opposite in fact. This morning I watched a lengthy otherwise good ABC News package about coral bleaching that didn't once mention the climate crisis and its impact on rising ocean temperature 🤷♂️
Mass coral bleaching unfolding at Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef (March 2024). These events have become “normalised” to the point where it’s easy to forget that 20 yrs ago this would have been an unprecedented and isolated event.
Australian sport runs financial and legal risks due to climate inaction, new report warns.
“There isn’t a sport in Australia that won’t be impacted by climate.” https://t.co/apY1u7duPZ
#Sydney just had its 3rd hottest summer on record, with a mean temperature more than 2ºC above the long-term seasonal average. It was also an abnormally muggy summer, with the city registering its highest hourly dew point temperature on record!
Details at https://t.co/xV3XgvSkwf
Last week, as the world’s eyes turned to the Super Bowl’s staggeringly expensive commercials, the IDF moved its assault to Rafah, Hell’s last refuge for 1.4 million displaced humans.
Gazans have fled south for 119 days now.
There is no more south to go.
via @shot_au
#TippingPoints will impact #Australia and some are closer than we hoped.
A new report says tipping points must be considered in:
✅ More research
✅ Climate projections & impact analyses
✅ How we adapt to the impacts
➡️ https://t.co/V0GlUS1vIG
Last night we held the AMOS 2024 public forum. Australian experts spoke about climate tipping points and the risks of impacts from these for Australia and its neighbours #AMOS2024