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‘Die of cold or die of stress?’: Social housing is frequently colder than global health guidelines

Community & Social

Does your home maintain a comfortable temperature inside, despite cold conditions outside? If you’re a social housing tenant in NSW, the answer may well be no.

Disaster season is here — do you have a Resilience Action Plan? Here’s how the small town of Tarnagulla built theirs

By Mittul Vahanvati

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Heatwaves, floods, bushfires: disaster season is upon us again. We can’t prevent hazards or climate change-related extreme weather events but we can prepare for them — not just as individuals but as a community. One way to do that is develop what is known as a resilience action plan, or RAP. A RAP […]

Anatomy of a heatwave: how Antarctica recorded a 20.75°C day last month

By Dana M Bergstrom

Editors' Picks

Antarctica represents the simple, extreme end of conditions for life. It can be seen as a ‘canary in the mine’, demonstrating patterns of change we can expect to see elsewhere.

After a summer of extremes, here’s what to expect this autumn

By Catherine Ganter

Australian Capital Territory

The autumn outlook suggests warmer-than-average temperatures for most of Australia.

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‘Die of cold or die of stress?’: Social housing is frequently colder than global health guidelines

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Disaster season is here — do you have a Resilience Action Plan? Here’s how the small town of Tarnagulla built theirs

Anatomy of a heatwave: how Antarctica recorded a 20.75°C day last month

After a summer of extremes, here’s what to expect this autumn