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Gorgeous Canberra

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Hello Canberra 👋🏽

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It is a honour to be asked to Chair CSIRO, one of Australia's most trusted organisations - trust which is founded on CSIRO's independence and fierce dedication to evidence and facts, with the scientific method as our north star. Thank you @edhusicmp.bsky.social for appointing me to this role 🙏🏼

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Saturday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 640,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 1,280,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,850,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 2,290,000 km² below the 1980s mean Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

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In 2010, an enormous marine heatwave devastated ocean life in Western Australia. Now another big one is taking hold – and heading towards Ningaloo.

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Congrats to Prof Tony Haymet on his appointment as Australia's Chief Scientist. Tony is a distinguished alumnus of @sydneyuni.bsky.social and former Chemistry Professor here, who went on to lead @scrippsocean.bsky.social for over a decade. www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...

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Fears that the world’s biggest iceberg could hit island in the South Atlantic The world’s largest iceberg is still on the move and there are fears that it could be headed north from Antarctica towards the island of South Georgia. The iceberg, called A23a, was previously “trapped” spinning around…

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‘Catastrophic’: Great Barrier Reef hit by its most widespread coral bleaching, study finds

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Today we (Gallagher Re) released our Natural Catastrophe & Climate Report for 2024. Global Totals (All Perils) Economic Loss: $417 billion Insured Loss: $154 billion Weather / Climate Only Economic: $402 billion Insured: $151 billion www.ajg.com/gallagherre/... (1/4)

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📢 Australian scientists are monitoring the rapid melt of Denman Glacier, one of the largest frozen rivers in East Antarctica.

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How is Antarctica melting, exactly? Crucial details are beginning to come into focus theconversation.com/how-is-antar...

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Reinsurance data offers one of the best proxies of the worsening climate crisis. This chart shows the evolution of insured losses related to natural disasters - from almost none, to a significant amount every year.

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Hurricanes, fires and other disasters caused $320bn in losses in 2024, or about a third more than 2023, highlighting the toll taken by climate change and property development in areas hit by extreme weather, the world’s largest reinsurance group said. www.ft.com/content/76d1...

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Electrical outages due to #SydneyWeather making recovery challenging - thinking of all the crews working to restore power safety with continuing weather Thank goodness we have #solar & #battery- even with overcast skies, we are able to keep running our household essentials

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Wild #SydneyWeather with wind gusts up to 60km/hr - lots of electrical outages with recovery challenging. Batten down the hatches!

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1.9 million insurance policies have not been renewed, mainly due to the cost of climate crisis impacts. Home insurance markets in FL, LA, CA, TX are crashing This is the economic canary in the coal mine and a shrewd way to reach "regular people" on the need to act grist.org/economics/ne...

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🔊 The LA wildfires spotlight climate change and the insurance 'protection gap' facing US homeowners. Hear more about that gap on Reuters Econ World reut.rs/40t4zY7

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Happy new year! 🥳 -53.93206 S / -47.68266 W

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this is legitimately a big deal. zillow now putting climate risk on their website.

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The Climate Change Superfund Act is now law, and New York has fired a shot that will be heard round the world: the companies most responsible for the climate crisis will be held accountable, and New Yorkers will save $75 billion. www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/pre...

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#MerryChristmas

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Wow! 🤯 #Quantum #QuantumTeleportation #Telecommunications scitechdaily.com/quantum-tele...

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Interested in understanding how people are using Claude.ai? #ClaudeAI

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Seven quiet breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2024 you might have missed www.bbc.com/future/artic...

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Fantastic visualisations of the growth and distribution of solar infrastructure around the globe www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...

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South Australia smashes demand record but prices remain negative because wind and solar supplied nearly all its power needs, as main grid also hits new peaks in heatwave

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Unexplained #heatwave 'hotspots' including Eastern #Australia 🇦🇺 are appearing up across the planet are so extreme, they cannot be explained by global warming models #climatechange www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

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The heatwave and how AEMO rallied big batteries to avoid blackouts. With one third of aging coal power plants out of action, the quicker we transition to renewables The cooler we'll ALL be. #RenewableEnergy #auspol reneweconomy.com.au/australias-n...

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The temperature in Victoria just hit 47°C for the first time since December 2019, during the Black Summer. The hottest place in the state so far today is 47.1°C at Walpeup, although this could change in the coming hours.

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☕️ Coffee crisis…this may be the very thing to get people to care about #climatechange 🫣 www.afr.com/markets/comm...

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Every profession has a role to play to save the planet….even #accountants 🌏 #ClimateChange #Sustainability #SustainabilityReporting #Transition #Adaptation

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The coming heatwave for eastern Australia will cover about half the nation. This is the Saturday-Monday chart. (Via BoM)

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When there’s scarcity of #energy, #water or resources, who get priority? Communities or businesses? #ClimateChange #Ethics #JustTransition

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Feeling like a no good talent less hack so reupping the third year anniversary of this banger to remind myself that sometimes I do write good

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Significant new funding for critical climate research 🧊 Congratulations to all recipients of the latest round of Australian Research Council (ARC) grants through the Discovery Projects scheme for 2025 - - including, 11 ACEAS-affiliated researchers: antarctic.org.au/significant-...

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So long, and thanks for all the fish. Final NYT column is up. News about future plans probably tomorrow morning www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...

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📣New paper📣 We estimate the number of extinctions of Australian #invertebrates, plus the ongoing #extinction rate … Both figures are far higher than those currently recognised, pointing to alarming gaps in #conservation of an important area of #biodiversity 🪳🕷️🐌🪰🪲🪱 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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The #Arctic has undergone dramatic changes in just a few decades. The 2024 Arctic Report Card, compiled by a team of 97 scientists, highlights alarming trends in snow, ice, wildfires, and more. https://buff.ly/41tc17I 🌎 @ciresnews.bsky.social @colorado.edu

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Monarch butterflies to be added to threatened species list in the US #Climate

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📚 How Big Things Get Done by Bent Flyvbjerg & Dan Gardner offers lessons from mega-projects (infrastructure, energy, climate, real estate etc) worldwide and where they have been successful or failed on cost, time or proposed benefits Very interesting lessons…

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South Australia set two significant records this week, showcasing how solar and battery storage are a “pigeon pair” of complementary technologies balancing the grid

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