Every day, more children discover they are living in a climate crisis. This makes many children feel sad, anxious, angry, powerless, confused and frightened about what the future holds. The climate change burden facing young people is inherently unfair. But they have the potential to be the most powerful generation when it comes to creating…
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Australian schoolchildren are asking existential questions about climate change
Researchers say Australian schoolchildren are asking if it’s ‘too late’ to halt climate change By Hannah Murphy A new study has offered a unique insight into the thoughts of Australian schoolchildren on climate change, with many expressing “existential concerns” and a need from the country’s policymakers to slow its impact on their futures. The study…
Seal and robot discovered potential climate change disaster at glacier – The Washington Post
Scientists tagged a southern elephant seal on the island of Kerguelen, an extraordinarily remote spot in the far southern Indian Ocean, in 2011. The seal was a male close to 11 feet long weighing nearly 1,800 pounds, and they fitted his head with an ocean sensor, a device that these massive seals barely notice but…
Scientists report ‘heartening’ 30% reduction in plastic pollution on Australia’s coast | Australia news | The Guardian
The amount of plastic pollution on Australia’s coast has decreased by up to 30% on average as a result of work by local governments to reduce litter, according to research by Australia’s science agency. Scientists from CSIRO surveyed 183 coastal sites in six Australian states for plastic and other litter, such as glass, in 2018-19….
WA’s south-west is set for a dry winter and climate change is part of the reason – ABC News
As Australia’s north and east gets set for a soaking-wet winter, the weather bureau’s seasonal outlook shows WA’s most populated region looking starkly different to the rest of the country. Key points: Instead of being covered in blues and greens, the rainfall forecast map is marked by hues of orange and red — a sign a dry…
1.5 vs 2C: What difference can a lousy half a degree of global warming make? – ABC News
What started as quiet concern is growing much louder among climate scientists: without a very radical change of course within the next few years, we’re not going to stop the world from passing 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming. At the rate we’re going, we’ve got around 10 years until we hit 1.5C. In terms of the numbers: the Intergovernmental Panel…
Earth is getting a black box to record our climate change actions, and it’s already started listening – ABC News
On a granite-strewn plain, surrounded by gnarled mountains, sits a giant steel box. Incongruous in the landscape, much like Kubrick’s black monolith of 2001: A Space Odyssey fame, its alien presence suggests it was put there with intent. And if those that discover it can decipher the messages it contains, they could get a glimpse of what caused the fall…
