November 18 2005: Climate change the new reality: Australia’s largest greenhouse conference of the year concluded today in Melbourne with a call for action from industry, business and government.
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November 17 2005: If you're in the southern half of Australia, you could be in for more of the same - water shortages and less winter rain according to the latest climate research from the Bureau of Meteorology. (30 KB)
November 16 2005: Solar energy has potential to dominate by 2030: Professor Andrew Blakers from the Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems at the Australian National University will today report to the Greenhouse 2000 Conference in Melbourne that photovoltaic (PV) solar energy conversion can be cost-competitive with any low-emission electricity generation technology by 2030. (69 KB)
November 16 2005: What climatic surprises are in store? Extremes, abrupt events and dangerous climate change. (39 KB)
November 15 2005: Australian leadership in climate change science: Research funded by the Australian Government and carried out by our leading climate change scientists over the past 15 years has proven to be a great investment, the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell, said today. (23 KB)
November 14 2005: Address by His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC, Governor-General of the Commonwealth Of Australia, On the occasion of
the opening of the Greenhouse 2005: Action on climate change conference at the Carlton Crest Hotel, St Kilda, Victoria.
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November 14 2005: Australian researchers have produced the most precise record yet of greenhouse gas fluctuations in the Southern Hemisphere over the past 2000 years. According to CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research’s Dr Paul Fraser, the unique record enables scientists to more precisely calculate to what degree greenhouse gases contribute to global warming. (27 KB)
November 14 2005: Australia has experienced its warmest start to a year on record (since 1950), with the January to October temperature averaging 1.03 degrees Celsius above the 30 year average (1961-1990). As the year nears an end a record breaking year is looking likely - another indicator of climate change. (53 KB)
November 11 2005: Greenhouse 2005 brings together more than 350 delegates from science, industry and government for a review of climate change science, likely changes and impacts and strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. (29 KB)
November 9 2005: Researchers from the Bureau of Meteorology are on a rescue mission to Pacific nations to save precious weather data threatened by decay and weather. (61 KB)
November 7 2005: Lizards mating earlier and birds migrating earlier. Nature is telling us our climate is changing. (30 KB)
November 3 2005: Clouds of gases and particles sprayed into the stratosphere by volcanic eruptions cool the oceans and temporarily offset the rise in global sea level caused by the greenhouse effect, according to research findings published today in Nature. (1294 KB)
October 28 2005: Around 200 of the world’s leading climate change experts will visit Melbourne from 14-17 November to attend the Greenhouse 2005 – Action in Climate Change Conference. (29 KB)
March 24 2005: This November, Australian and international scientists will meet in Melbourne aiming to set a new benchmark in how industry and government can respond to climate change research. (68 KB)
