They’re German. And they make sense on climate-change mitigation! This animated video is one of the best summaries I’ve seen on the prospects for, and impediments to, cutting greenhouse gases...
https://bravenewclimate.com/2020/10/02/kurzgesagt-on-climate-change-mitigation/
Last week I presented at the Australian Academy of Science on ‘techno-fixes for climate change’. This talk was part of an AAS series organised by Bryan Gaensler called “Science Fiction beco...
https://bravenewclimate.com/2015/07/12/techno-fixes-for-climate-change/
Guest Post by Geoff Russell. Geoff recently released the popular book “Greenjacked! The derailing of environmental action on climate change“. The Climate Council has a new report out. The Gl...
https://bravenewclimate.com/2015/04/09/tunnel-vision-at-the-climate-council/
Back in 2013, I led some research that critiqued the ‘Planetary Boundaries‘ concept (my refereed paper, Does the terrestrial biosphere have planetary tipping points?, appeared in Trends in E...
https://bravenewclimate.com/2015/01/16/the-limits-of-planetary-boundaries-2-0/
The Bureau of Meteorology in Australia has released its annual climate statement, for 2014. As expected, it was once again a hot year across the continent (and indeed, globally): There is a lot o...
https://bravenewclimate.com/2015/01/06/climate-heating-for-2014-in-australia/
This is an article by me and Corey Bradshaw, published today in The Conversation. I’m republishing it here. Should nuclear energy be part of Australia’s (and many other countries’) future e...
https://bravenewclimate.com/2014/12/16/its-time-for-environmentalists-to-give-nuclear-a-fair-go/
Professor Barry W. Brook, Chair of Environmental Sustainability, University of Tasmania, Australia. barry.brook@utas.edu.au Professor Corey J.A. Bradshaw, Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Chan...
https://bravenewclimate.com/2014/12/15/an-open-letter-to-environmentalists-on-nuclear-energy/
Remember that Melbourne cup drop in electricity use? A half of one percent. Excuse me for not being blown away by this... If you have a problem, then work out a solution and execute it. That's ho...
I’m still in the process of moving house (I’ve now arrived in Tassie, but my furniture is still in transit…). But I have my Notebook computer, so I’m set, right? Anyway, on the weekend I...
https://bravenewclimate.com/2014/10/07/the-left-vs-the-climate/
Regular BNC commenter and my friend Geoff Russell (@csiroperfidy) has published a new book. It’s called “Greenjacked!: The derailing of environmental action on climate change“. The blurb: ...
It’s been quite a while since my last BNC update! My excuse is a heavy travel schedule – first to Moscow to help decide the winner of this year’s Global Energy Prize (see here) as part of t...
https://bravenewclimate.com/2014/04/14/ipcc-double-standards-on-energy-barriers/
Guest Post by Geoff Russell. Geoff is a mathematician and computer programmer and is a member of Animal Liberation SA. His recently published book is CSIRO Perfidy. His previous article on BN...
https://bravenewclimate.com/2012/03/24/dietary-gc-ignores-cc/
Before I write a scientific paper, I always try to identify: (1) my main message , in 25 words or less, and (2) my target audience . Doing this helps focus the ‘story’ of the manuscript on a ...
https://bravenewclimate.com/2012/03/07/purpose-target-audience-bnc/
So the year 2011 draws to a close. What a tumultuous year it was, particularly for nuclear energy! For climate change, alas, the freight train just keeps gathering steam. For 2012, I will expect ...
https://bravenewclimate.com/2011/12/31/2011-on-brave-new-climate/
Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and most other long-lived greenhouse gases (i.e., barring short-lived water vapour), are considered ‘trace gases’ because their concentration in the atm...
Guest Post by Geoff Russell. Geoff is a mathematician and computer programmer and is a member of Animal Liberation SA. His recently published book is CSIRO Perfidy. His previous article on BN...
I saw two particularly depressing trend lines this week. Both were confronting enough to make me stop, sit back and just contemplate. It was not as though these came as a great surprise — I’d...
https://bravenewclimate.com/2011/11/06/depressing-climate-trends/
I have given lots of talks on climate change over the last few years. In these presentations, I typically focus on explaining the basis of the anthropogenic climate change problem, how it sits in...
https://bravenewclimate.com/2011/09/19/population-no-cc-fix-p1/
A common refrain from politicians and members of the business community is that moving from coal to natural gas is an effective way to cut carbon dioxide emissions and therefore address global wa...
https://bravenewclimate.com/2011/09/11/switching-coal-to-gas-cc/
Here are some figures to illustrate the latest global data on global warming. Data are from NCDC and GISS. First, a 12-month running mean of global surface temperature anomalies since 1980 (i.e. ...
https://bravenewclimate.com/2011/07/13/climate-change-update-by-numbers/