Climate Change-Effects

The men behind rise of CSIRO’s climate modelling program

by Dr Ian Smith 21/6/25 cosmos

Meteorologist and historian Dr Ian Smith, writing in “Historical Records of Australian Science,” pays tribute to two men who developed the first long term climate model in Australia which indicated the impacts of enhanced emissions in the atmosphere. Here, for Cosmos, Smith summarises the process of model development and explains the global impact of this research.

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We live in a rare time in the history of the Earth. A rapidly changing climate is clearly bringing on the 6th Mass Extinction in Earth's history. It threatens all species, including our own. We were once capable of preventing it, now we are only capable of reducing its impact, though this could mean the difference between a climate we can adapt to and one that we are unable to adapt to. Rather than shutting our eyes with dread or denial, we need to open them and see what is happening to our dear Earth.

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  The Chart that Defines Our Warming World
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  'Precipitous' fall in Antarctic sea ice since 2014 revealed
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  The Decade we Almost Stopped Climate Change NY Times
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  https://Climate crisis: Alaska is melting and it’s likely to accelerate global heating The Guardian

1. Overview
3. Polar Melting
5. Wild Fires
7. Extreme Weather
9. Sea Level Rise
11. Biodiversity
13. Heat and Drought
15. Infectious Diseases
17. Mass Migration
19. Ocean Heating and Acidification
21. Agricultural Degradation
23. Ozone Layer
25. Runaway Feedback
27. Methane

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Sea Level Rise Blog

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Climate Disinformation Database

List of prominent climate deniers.

DEEP ADAPTATION FORUM

https://jembendell.com/2019/09/09/six-months-of-the-deep-adaptation-forum/

THE GLOBAL CLIMATE 2015–2019

WMO 9/22/2019

Ocean Acidification

https://phys.org/search/?search=ocean+acidification

Hurricanes

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Sea Level Rise

Phys.org

Coastal Flooding

Phys.org

Greenland Ice Melt Xavier Fettweiss

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SkepticalScience

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National Snow and Ice Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

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Climate Science Special Report

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Unformatted Articles

Attributing long-term sea-level rise to Paris Agreement emission pledges

https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/10/31/1907461116?cct=1815

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/29/rising-sea-levels-pose-threat-to-homes-of-300m-people-study

https://www.sfchronicle.com/environment/article/Kelp-disappearing-from-coastal-waters-as-fish-14551459.php?fbclid=IwAR1noztdh45xUVh9itnR1C2L460T-B0b6Tpqr3v11RU9X4N2xaE84UuXpV0

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/planet-will-survive-but-what-about-mankind?fbclid=IwAR1NO6_Son4KN3uBzJ6_4LfCjRIdrejaAq7lvxHpQ2uCMKnbkcx8sFx4-XQ