Hey Chris Uhlmann ⁦The Australian⁩: get a grip mate. You misrepresent the challenge facing us. “Decarbonisation” is directed at urgently reducing CO2/CH4 (methane) emissions. Excessive greenhouse gases have destabilised earth’s biosphere. Please stop with the red herrings.

Single best description of AI I’ve ever read, from the great Ted Chiang.

Methane emissions are at new highs. It could put us on a dangerous climate path theconversation.com/methane-emissi… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

“Atmospheric concentrations are now growing faster than at any other time since global record-keeping began about 40 years ago.” theconversation.com/methane-emissi…

‘Pirate birds’ force other seabirds to regurgitate fish meals. Their thieving ways could spread lethal avian flu theconversation.com/pirate-birds-f… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

It’s time for Tanya Plibersek to deliver on Australian Labor’s 2022 rhetoric. The environment cannot afford further delay nor timid, incremental policy change. theconversation.com/australia-desp…

The distributed solar story in Pakistan is nuts!! It's now the third largest importer of solar in the world and basically all of it isn't a part of the utility system. All of this is in response to the central planners that run the national grid making decisions that ended up

Land clearing has begun, in what is said to be the world's largest deforestation effort, as Indonesia seeks to establish a 2 million hectare sugarcane plantation in the Papua region. “Has the government asked Papuans whether they want to plant sugarcane?” asked Faisal Basri

What I have been working on lately is this public report, Unlocking Investment to Triple Renewables, which is about how we're doing on progress to decarbonizing human civilization. about.bnef.com/blog/renewable…

A genuinely historic day for Britain and the world. The crucible of the Industrial Revolution halting the use of coal power once and for all, and proving it is possible for an advanced economy to end its reliance on coal inside a decade or so. businessgreen.com/news/4364612/e…

We have been measuring the amount of microplastics in the sediments in Moreton Bay - led by Elvis Dartey Okoffo (PhD). A clear link between local population growth and plastic production and consumption increasing since 2000s. theconversation.com/700-million-pl…

Excited to see our research into #SensoryConservation on African elephants out today in Functioanl Ecology. Using the smell of plants elephants naturally avoid, we can gently nudge these giants away from areas we don't want them to be. shorturl.at/eQhGm Sydney Science

Severe thunderstorms are sweeping through southern Australia. But what makes a thunderstorm ‘severe’? theconversation.com/severe-thunder… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

(About 40% of all food that is produced, is wasted). "Whey is useful, as it still has about half the nutrients of milk. But whey remains one of the largest sources of food loss and waste in Australia’s large dairy sector." theconversation.com/huge-volumes-o…

‘We will not allow others to determine our fate’: Pacific nations dial up pressure on Australia’s fossil fuel exports New one for The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand on CHOGM in Apia and calls for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty theconversation.com/we-will-not-al… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Incredible stat: A single container ship of solar panels can provide as much electricity as more than 50 large LNG tankers of gas – or 100 large coal ships There's many more insights in IEA Energy Technology Perspectives 2024 – here's a selection 🧵 1/7

Don’t go chasing waterfalls: slippery rocks, currents and daredevil jumpers make Australia’s waterways surprisingly deadly theconversation.com/dont-go-chasin… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

What’s driving north Queensland’s deadly, record-breaking floods? theconversation.com/whats-driving-… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

I'm not sure many folks realize just how persistent the warming from CO2 is. Here is a set of 1000-year climate model runs (using FaIR) simulating one year of CO2 emissions (40 gigatons in 2020); a millennia later the world has not cooled back down!