Adapting Business to Climate Change
With global warming becoming a more prevalent issue and more global mitigation efforts and agreements faltering, it is important that businesses, as well as governments, consider how the changing physical environment and low-carbon paradigm may impact them, and crucially, how they can adapt. The UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs1 found that globally, [...]
Climate ‘brings opportunities and threats to the Pacific’
Climate change will bring both big opportunities and threats to the fish-dependent nations of the Pacific, international scientists say. While the coral reef fisheries of Pacific islands are likely to take a major hit from warming and ocean acidification, there is potential for well-managed tuna stocks to grow, improving both national food security and economic [...]
Ningaloo Niño – The story behind the massive 2011 WA marine heatwave
Abnormal climatic conditions in the Indian and Pacific Oceans during the 2010-2011 La Niña event combined to create the extreme marine heatwave seen off the Western Australia coast in 2011, according to new research published in Nature Scientific Reports. Lead author Dr Ming Feng, from CSIRO’s Wealth from Oceans Flagship, says the marine heatwave was [...]
