In Tonga, a volcano-triggered tsunami underscores islands' acute climate risk
As sea levels continue to rise in coming decades, tsunamis and storm surges will likely be reaching further inland with even more risk of damage SINGAPORE, Jan 20 (Reuters) - For the South Pacific island nation of Tonga, the tsunami unleashed by Saturday's volcanic eruption laid bare some of the wa
Australien & Ozeanien MeeresspiegelAustralia equals hottest day on record at 50.7C
Australia has equalled its hottest day on record after a remote coastal town reported temperatures of 50.7C (123.26F). The temperature in Onslow, Western Australia, on Thursday matched a record set in 1962 in South Australia.
Australien & Ozeanien HitzeMöglicher Todesstoss für das Great Barrier Reef
Schon wieder bedroht eine Unterwasser-Hitzewelle das Great Barrier Riff vor Australien. «Korallen sind sehr hitzeempfindlich. Bleiben die Wassertemperaturen länger hoch, bleichen sie aus», so SRF-Mitarbeiter Urs Wälterlin in Australien.
Australien & Ozeanien Biodiversität OzeaneAustralian government’s plan to protect Great Barrier Reef falls short, environment groups say
The Morrison government has released an update to Australia’s cornerstone policy to protect the Great Barrier Reef as it tries to stop the ocean icon being placed on a list of world heritage sites in danger.
Australien & Ozeanien Biodiversität OzeaneGreat Barrier Reef could face another mass bleaching by end of January, forecast says
Corals across large parts of the Great Barrier Reef could be hit by mass bleaching for the fourth time in just seven years by the end of January, according to a forecast from a United States government agency.
Australien & Ozeanien Biodiversität OzeaneFirst Fires, Then Floods: Climate Extremes Batter Australia
WEE WAA, Australia — Two years ago, the fields outside Christina Southwell’s family home near the cotton capital of Australia looked like a dusty, brown desert as drought-fueled wildfires burned to the north and south.
Australien & Ozeanien Überschwemm. Wald- & BuschbrändeAustralia to expand gas industry under Morrison infrastructure plan
Scott Morrison is doubling down on fossil fuel production with new gas basins and pipelines in a plan slammed by climate campaigners Scott Morrison’s government will back the development of yet more gas basins and the construction of new gas pipelines, as part of a new infrastructure plan that see
Australien & Ozeanien fossile Energie‘Subversion and treason’: Australian minister attacks independent climate body
Australia’s assistant minister for energy and emissions reduction, Tim Wilson, has labelled a proposed independent expert body on climate change “subversion and treason” – in an extraordinary attack ahead of the final parliamentary sitting for the year.
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