- The BoM’s temperature record keeping is under attack – again. What’s going on? | Temperature Check
on 2026-10-24 at 19:00 at 19:00An ‘audit’ of the Bureau of Meteorology main dataset for measuring climate change claims it contains ‘widespread errors’. It doesn’t stack upWant to get this in your inbox when it publishes? Sign up for the Clear Air Australia newsletter hereAustralia’s climate has warmed by more than 1.5C since 1910, according to the Bureau of Meteorology’s main long-term temperature data.If you were so motivated, you might think if you could discredit this data, then you would undermine the whole climate change story and even – perhaps – the rationale for cutting Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading…
- ‘False autumn’: stressed trees drop leaves early after scorching English summer
on 2026-10-24 at 08:00 at 08:00Season will be less vibrant with trees such as birches, which usually offer a striking burst of yellow leaves, already bareAmong a canvas of copper, red and purple autumn leaves on display at Wisley garden in Surrey, south-east England, one tree stands conspicuously naked.“The birch has lost all its leaves,” says Guy Barter, the chief horticulturist at the Royal Horticultural Society. “That’s the effect of drought, so it’ll have no autumn colour this year.” Continue reading…
- ‘Realistic and reassuring’: UK public ‘responding calmly’ to Be Ready campaign
on 2026-10-23 at 17:22 at 17:22Government’s emergency planning advice has sparked sales of essentials but no panic stockpiling, say prepping shop ownersWhen the UK government launched its “Protect and Survive” public information campaign in 1980 on how to stay alive after a nuclear attack, it was met with a combination of scepticism, disbelief and derision.The advice included how to build a “fallout room” at home, how to whitewash windows to protect from a blast, and how to store a dead body for up to five days. Continue reading…
- Tinned mackerel, hand-crank radios and bags for poo: crisis-prepping guides around the world
on 2026-10-23 at 15:52 at 15:52UK allies have long urged people to stockpile supplies for a crisis. How are people from France to Australia being advised to prepare?The UK has told people to fill their pantries with food for three days in case of catastrophe, joining a host of countries urging citizens to ready themselves for core systems failing.Such advice, once dismissed as the preserve of preppers, has become more common in government circles as climate breakdown worsens weather extremes and geopolitical tensions turn cyber-attacks and sabotage into a regular occurrence. Continue reading…
- Martin Rowson on the approval of the Jackdaw gasfield – cartoon
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