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How Wildfire Smoke from Australia Affected Climate Events Around the World

New research implicates emissions from the 2019-2020 Australian fires in the emergence of a three-year super La Niña that fueled droughts in Africa and hurricanes in the Atlantic.

By Bob Berwyn

Wildfire smoke hovers over the Pacific coast of northern New South Wales, Australia in September 2019. Credit: Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data/Gallo Images via Getty Images
A woman walks home carrying flour on her head past a damaged sea wall on Saibai Island in the Torres Strait. Credit: Andrew Meares/Fairfax Media via Getty Images via Getty Images

In Pivotal Climate Case, UN Panel Says Australia Violated Islanders’ Human Rights

By Katie Surma

An Airbus A350-1000 aircraft is seen inside a hangar at Sydney international airport on May 2, 2022, after the Australian airline Qantas announced it will launch the world's first non-stop commercial flights from Sydney to London and New York by the end of 2025. Credit: Wendell Teodoro /AFP via Getty Images

Qantas Says Synthetic Fuel Could Power Long Flights by Mid-2030s

By James Fernyhough, The Financial Times

The coastal Inuit community of Arctic Bay on Lancaster Sound in Canada's high Arctic. Baffin Island. Credit: Kike Calvo/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Warming Trends: The Climate Atlas of Canada Maps ‘the Harshities of Life,’ Plus Christians Embracing Climate Change and a New Podcast Called ‘Hot Farm’

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Crew members land a boat in front of residential homes after surveying floodwaters in Windsor on March 9, 2022 during flooding in Sydney, Australia. Credit: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

Shifts in El Niño May Be Driving Climates Extremes in Both Hemispheres

By Bob Berwyn

A helicopter drops water onto a large bushfire in Bargo, southwest of Sydney on Dec. 19, 2019. Credit: Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images

Recent Megafire Smoke Columns Have Reached the Stratosphere, Threatening Earth’s Ozone Shield

By Bob Berwyn

Australia wildfires. Credit: Sam Mooy/Getty Images

A Warming Climate is Implicated in Australian Wildfires

By Bob Berwyn

Australian wildfire aerial image. Credit: Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data/Gallo Images via Getty Images

In Wildfire’s Wake, Another Threat: Drinking Water Contamination

By Neela Banerjee

Australia's River Murray during a drought

Global Water Trade Likely to Expand

By Nina Chestney and Barbara Lewis, Reuters

A coal-fired power plant in Victoria, Australia

Australia Nears Deal on Carbon Trading

By Rob Taylor, Reuters

Australia's Murray River in drought

Climate Action Down Under?

By Michael Perry, Reuters

CETO pilot plant in Western Australia

Australia Begins to Harness Ocean Energy

By David Wilson, SolveClimate News

Qantas plane landing at airport

Qantas on Brink of £200m Biojet Fuel Joint Venture

Tim Webb, Guardian

Green Party Assumes Pivotal Role in New Australian Government

By Guest Writer

Control of Senate Could Shift to Greens

By Guest Writer

Coalition of the Tired of Waiting: Fighting Climate Change at Ground Level

By Ann Danylkiw

Feeling the Heat Down Under When it Comes to Climate Change

By Guest Writer

The Transition Decade: New Campaign Aims to Reshape Australia’s Climate Politics

By Leigh Ewbank

Australia Group Rolls Out Plan for 100% Renewable Energy by 2020

By Stacy Feldman

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