Land clearing, cattle populations and carbon emissions stand alongside temperature as important measures of climate change. Picture: DAN PELED/AAP Exactly 40 years ago yesterday, a...

Detecting human fingerprints on complex events like droughts is not straightforward. AAP Image/Dan Peled The issue of whether Australia’s current drought is caused by climate...

Storm-damaged beachfront homes along Pittwater Road at Collaroy on the northern beaches of Sydney in June 2016. Dean Lewins/AAP It is becoming increasingly possible that...

Penny Whetton, right, addressing a March for Science rally. Her death last month shocked and saddened colleagues. Supplied by family Last month we lost Dr Penny...

The push to ‘drought-proof’ Australia is dangerous nonsense.  AAP Image/Mick Tsikas There is a phrase in the novel East of Eden that springs to mind...

Regina Maris, the ship activists will sail to a climate conference in Chile. Sail to the COP If you’ve caught a long haul flight recently,...

Greta Thunberg departs after speaking at the youth climate strike in Battery Park, New York. Peter Foley/EPA Detractors have dismissed Swedish climate activist Greta...

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg joins other children from across the world to present an official human rights complaint on the climate crisis.  Michael Nagle/EPA Last...

Melbourne’s ABC weather presenter Paul Higgins discussing a trend towards warmer April days. ABC/MCCCRH One of the great paradoxes of climate change communication in Australia...

School students took to the streets in Melbourne and other Australian cities back in March as part of a global rally on climate...