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Parts of Victoria upgraded to Catastrophic fire danger for Friday. Time to head home if camping in these Vic regions... www.bom.gov.au/vic/forecast...
The stratospheric polar vortex high above Antarctica has rapidly heated up. These sudden bursts of heat can bring rapid weather changes in Australia. 👉 theconversation.com/air-tem...
Article based on our research paper that started as conversations between BoM and NOAA. Hat tip to Michelle L’Heureaux (NOAA) for her leadership Article: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09... Paper: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
Climate change forces BOM to overhaul El Niño and La Niña analysis
The Bureau of Meteorology is making a major change to how they assess El Niño and La Niña, the world's most dominant drivers of weather variability.
abc.net.au
For decades the world's biggest above-ground tank - located 7km from Darwin- has been leaking huge quantities of LNG- possibly the equivalent of millions of tonnes of C02.
'Huge' leak from gas plant kept secret from public in 'national scandal'
Documents reveal the scale of carbon pollution leaking from a Darwin LNG tank was like adding 8,300 new cars to the road every year. It is about to be filled again.
abc.net.au
Full battery EVs are 73 pct cleaner than internal combustion cars, and even more so when powered only with renewables. The benefits of hybrids are much lower.
EVs are already 73 pct cleaner than ICE vehicles, and getting cleaner faster than thought
Full battery EVs are 73 pct cleaner than internal combustion cars, and even more so when powered only with renewables. The benefits of hybrids are much lower.
thedriven.io
In case you were wondering what’s going on with the dry weather in southern Australia theconversation.com/the-drought-... @windjunky.bsky.social
The drought in southern Australia is not over – it just looks that way
Yes, it’s been raining in southeast Australia – but it’s too little, too late. Now it’s too cold to grow decent pasture. This is called a ‘green drought’.
theconversation.com
A Victorian sawmill has harvested wood from endangered mountain ash forests and sold it to Domino's as woodchips to smoke meat for pizzas.
Domino's pizzas allegedly cooked using woodchips from endangered possum habitat
A Victorian sawmill has harvested wood from endangered mountain ash forests and sold it to Domino's as woodchips to smoke meat for pizzas.
abc.net.au
It's out! Check out the new podcast "Totally Cooked" from @21stcenturyweather.bsky.social where @sarahinscience.bsky.social and @instrachan.bsky.social, plus a few amazingly awesome guests, take you through the latest science about climate change. Subscribe via your fave podcast app!
Totally Cooked: The Weather & Climate Podcast
The climate is changing. So is the conversation. Totally Cooked is a podcast about weather, climate change, and what it all means for life on Earth.
21centuryweather.org.au
"If 85% of 12-17 year olds have seen a gambling ad on TV in the past month, is it any wonder that young people talk about betting odds like they once did player stats?" Unfettered gambling advertising means young Australians lose big – @mhharrington.bsky.social in @thenewdaily.bsky.social
Unfettered gambling advertising means young Australians lose big
The Labor Government has a path to curbing unfettered gambling advertising, if only it listened to advice from its own parliamentarians.
thenewdaily.com.au
Australia's bid for ancient rock art World Heritage listing stalls over pollution reut.rs/3SV1VXv
Australia's bid for ancient rock art World Heritage listing stalls over pollution
Australia’s bid to secure World Heritage status for a site with Indigenous rock art estimated to be 50,000 years old has been dealt a blow after a U.N. advisory body warned it was at risk from nearby industrial pollution.
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This decision is inexplicable. I'm very angry that the science is continuing to be ignored by those elected to represent us. It will cost us all, dearly. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Labor approves extension of Woodside’s contentious North West Shelf gas development
Murray Watt will approve the extension of one of the world’s biggest liquified natural gas projects from 2030 to 2070
theguardian.com
EV sales in Europe: up 38% Tesla sales in Europe: down 45.2% Breathe it in folks, breathe it innnnnnnnnnnnn www.reuters.com/business/aut...
a man with long hair is sitting in the driver 's seat of a truck with his eyes closed .
Alt: a man with long hair stepping out of a bus, closing his eyes and enjoying the wind in his hair (from con air)
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