24 Jun 2020

The pandemic seems to have given the planet a bit of respite. But doubts remain whether it will be a lasting change

4 Jun 2020

New research examines historical records exploring low-elevation snowfall events to create Australia’s longest analysis of daily temperature extremes and their...

19 Feb 2020

60 Minutes CBS (USA) spoke to Dr Joelle Gergis from the Fenner School of Environment & Society about the link between the recent summer bushfires and...

12 Feb 2020

A new paper in Nature Sustainability looks at the concept of planetary boundaries, and assesses what are critical levels of interference in that Earth system...

8 Jan 2020

For two weeks over the holiday period, Canberra has had some of the world's worst recorded air quality due to bushfire smoke. Former meteorologist and...

3 Jan 2020

Climate Scientist Dr Joëlle Gergis asks if Earth system has now breached a tipping point in this opinion piece in The Guardian.

17 Dec 2019

As fires burn out of control in Australia, scientists warn the damage will have severe knock-on effects for the environment.

2 Dec 2019

What's the difference between back-burning and hazard reduction burning? And is it the solution to reducing bushfires? Professor Phil Gibbons explains the...

24 Nov 2019

Countries, cities, councils, and organisations around the world are declaring a climate emergency and changing practices and policies in an attempt to address...

23 Nov 2019

Some commentators think we may have already passed 'tipping points', locking in the worst of climate change predictions. But Dr Joelle Gergis from...

13 Nov 2019

Fenner School's Dr Joëlle Gergis told the New York Times that in dismissing the role of climate change in the fires, the government was choosing immediate...

6 Nov 2019

Is climate change worth thinking about when you are looking to buy a house. Will Steffen from the Fenner School thinks so, as some properties may even become...