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Adelaide sport under threat from climate change
After the heatwave in January (when Adelaide held the unwelcome position as hottest city in the world) more people in Adelaide are now familiar with one part of the future we face unless there is urgent action on greenhouse emissions. … Continue reading
Gold Coast sport under threat from climate change
Climate change is warming the oceans as well as the atmosphere. Water expands as it warms. Average sea levels rose around 200mm last century and accelerating. OzCoasts has published maps showing impacts for areas including South-East Queensland for scenarios including … Continue reading
Sport in Brisbane under threat from climate change
Campbell Newman and Tony Abbott don’t want to talk about it, but climate change is warming the oceans and making the seas rise. OzCoasts has modelled rises including 1.1 metres. We could see this or worse if greenhouse gas emissions … Continue reading
Illawarra and south coast sport: Grounds for concern on climate change and sea level rise?
Icecaps and glaciers might seem a long way from south coast NSW. But global warming because of excess greenhouse gases we have been putting into the air is going into warming the oceans, even more than it is going into … Continue reading
Climate change: grounds for concern for North Coast NSW sport?
Melting icecaps and glaciers might seem a long way from north coast NSW. But global warming is going into warming the oceans, which makes the water expand and rise – even before we start accounting for icecaps and glaciers. Sea … Continue reading
Bankstown sports: Grounds for climate change concern?
Global warming is making the oceans warmer. Warm water expands, and so the seas are rising – around 200 mm last century and the pace is accelerating. OzCoasts provides online maps that show predicted areas of inundation from impacts of … Continue reading
Northern Territory sport and climate change
Northern Territory cricket already takes our current climate into account, by playing in the summer season down in Alice Springs, but the winter season in the Top End. What will global warming do for how playable the summer is for … Continue reading
Newcastle sport at serious risk from climate change
In many other areas of Australia, low lying sports grounds give an early warning of risks to communities from the sea level rise which is being driven by global warming, caused by greenhouse gas emissions. In the Newcastle area, whole … Continue reading
Cricket and climate change in the media
Australia and climate change: it’s just not cricket (Friends of the Earth, November 2013) Australian High Commission in London presented with replica Ashes urn : “In affectionate remembrance of THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT’S CONSCIENCE Which died at the Warsaw Climate Talks on 16th NOVEMBER 2013 Deeply … Continue reading
Sydney North Shore sport under threat from climate change
Cricket and other junior and community sports on Sydney’s North Shore are under threat from rising sea levels as a result of climate change. Global warming is warming the oceans as well as the atmosphere. Water expands as it warms. … Continue reading
Australian sports grounds and climate change 