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World set for hottest year on record: World Meteorological Organization

  • Written by: Blair Trewin, Lead author, 2016 WMO Global Statement on the Status of the Global Climate, World Meteorological Organization

2016 is set to be the world’s hottest year on record. According to the World Meteorological Organization’s preliminary statement on the global climate for 2016, global temperatures for January to September were 0.88°C above the long-term (1961-90) average, 0.11°C above the record set last year, and about 1.2°C above...

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Be prepared, always: the tsunami message from New Zealand's latest earthquake

  • Written by: Jane Cunneen, Research Fellow, Curtin University

The tsunami warnings from the latest New Zealand earthquake show how important it is for people to be prepared for such an event.

The early messages from New Zealand’s Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management (MCDEM) on its Twitter account @NZcivildefencesaid it was “assessing whether there is any tsunami threat”, but...

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What happened in New Zealand's magnitude 7.5 earthquake

  • Written by: Brendan Duffy, Lecturer in Applied Geoscience, University of Melbourne
imageLocal residents Chris and Viv Young look at damage caused by the earthquake, along State Highway One near Ward on New Zealand's South Island.ReutersAnthony Phelps

At least two people have died in the magnitide 7.5 earthquake that struck New Zealand’s South Island early on Monday, local time.

Preliminary modelling suggests that the earthquake...

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Health Check: is cheese good for you?

  • Written by: Jacqui Webster, Senior Research Fellow, Food Policy. Director of World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Population Salt Reduction, George Institute for Global Health
imageWe need protein and calcium, but shouldn't have too much fat and salt. So what's the verdict on cheese?from www.shutterstock.com.au

It’s no wonder people are confused about whether it’s good to eat cheese, when even food experts are divided. Some argue that we’re not eating enough of this important source of protein and calcium,...

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  3. To understand how storms batter Australia, we need a fresh deluge of data
  4. Plan to reduce Indigenous suicides finally acknowledges lack of evidence and need for hope
  5. Clinton's loss was not because of sexism, but because she wasn't radical enough
  6. Fossil fuel emissions have stalled: Global Carbon Budget 2016
  7. US deal is a good news story for refugees -- here's why it took so long
  8. Turnbull's asylum seeker ban violates Australia's human rights obligations
  9. Franchisees don't do their homework and are too optimistic about risks: research
  10. Why Trump's victory will mean the end of US soft power
  11. David Hockney interrogates space and time
  12. Sexually transmissible infections on the rise in Australia: a snapshot
  13. We need more support systems for people who want to work during and after cancer treatment
  14. Tasmanian devils reared in captivity show they can thrive in the wild
  15. IBM's Watson would do a better job at being a bank teller than most current staff
  16. A deal to be welcomed but detail is missing
  17. Australia shores up defences against asylum seekers as US deal provides escape for refugees
  18. Newspoll: Labor gains to lead 53-47
  19. A blaze of light in every word: vale Leonard Cohen
  20. The view from Marrakech: climate talks are battling through a Trump tsunami
  21. As a writer-musician, Leonard Cohen was a one-off
  22. Goodbye Leonard, you brought us so much light
  23. Trump's win shows how vital the arts and humanities are
  24. On a bad day, some blue sky..
  25. What's behind the Trump bump in markets
  26. What might a Trump presidency mean for Muslims and the Muslim world?
  27. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Australia's reaction to the Trump victory
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  29. President Trump could kill the Paris Agreement - but climate action will survive
  30. Trickle down Trump-economics is not the fiscal policy the world needs
  31. Australia should assume Trump won't step back from his campaign commitments
  32. The Trump presidency may not be all doom and gloom for the region
  33. Friday essay: Camarade – The Earth
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  35. Firestorms: the bushfire/thunderstorm hybrids we urgently need to understand
  36. Lovability: restoring liveability’s human face
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  38. Grattan on Friday: As one businessman to another…Malcolm and Donald begin to talk
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  40. Dear Mr President-elect Trump, thanks! We now live in the best of all possible worlds
  41. Race to the White House – President-elect Donald J Trump
  42. Australia to ratify the Paris climate deal, under a large Trump-shaped shadow
  43. Brandis scraps direction to Solicitor-General
  44. The third global bleaching event took its toll on Western Australia's super-corals
  45. There is no female president this time, and women are divided about it
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