CFA Institute Contributor February 2, 2018 It’s getting hot out there, and investors need to protect themselves (Source: Getty) In a previous incarnation, I was a theoretical astrophysicist. In that role, I […]
2017 Was One of the Hottest Years on Record. And That Was Without El Niño
By HENRY FOUNTAIN, JUGAL K. PATEL and NADJA POPOVICH JAN. 18, 2018 The world in 2017 saw some of the highest average surface temperatures ever recorded, surprising scientists who had expected sharper retreat from recent record […]
Extreme El Niño events more frequent even if warming limited to 1.5C – report
Monday 24 July 2017 Australian Associated Press Modelling suggests Australia would face more frequent drought-inducing weather events beyond any climate stabilisation Extreme El Niño events that can cause crippling drought in Australia […]
Australia’s deadly relationship with heat
By Phil Mercer BBC, Sydney January 31, 2017 As a homesick teenager in Britain in the early 1900s, the writer Dorothea Mackellar yearned for the “pitiless blue sky” of Australia. “I love […]