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Global warming to kill fruit flies – and this is a bad thing?

Evolutionary straitjacket means flies can’t take the heat Many species of fruit fly lack the ability to adapt effectively to predicted increases in global temperatures and may face extinction in the...

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Claim: Humans play role in Australia’s “angry” hot summer

From the University of Melbourne, where being angry about “weather is not climate” isn’t just a science, its a way of life: Human influences through global warming are likely to have played a role in...

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Welcome to Australia where it’s always warmer somewhere!

(and other nonsense from Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology, the University of Melbourne and The Conversation). Dr. Bill Johnston[1] Main points. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology and climate scientists...

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Have Embarrassing Failed Predictions Taught Climate Scientists to be Cautious?

"... It is difficult to predict whether changes in cyclone formation and behaviour will pose a risk to Australia ..."

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“Southern Australia is freezing. How can it be so cold in a warming climate?”

Our old friend Senior Lecturer in Climate Science Andrew King on why global warming is producing so much cold weather.

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