Barry Brook
Professor Barry Brook holds the Foundation Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Change and is Director of Climate Science at the University of Adelaide’s Environment Institute. He has published two books and over 130 peer-reviewed scientific papers, and received a number of awards in recognition of his research, which addresses climate change, computational and statistical modelling and the synergies between human impacts on Earth systems.
Barry believes presenting hard-won technical scientific evidence to a broad audience in an intelligible way is the best path to provoking social change towards long-term sustainability.
He runs Brave New Climate, a blog on climate and energy.
Articles by Barry Brook
Fukushima: Situation critical, information scarce
The crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station has been unfolding for about a week. The on-site situation remains…... Read more
COUNTERPUNCH: It’s complicated, but it’s real
Dylan Malloch laments that understanding climate change is difficult, with the forecasts sometimes appearing to be contradictory or having a…... Read more
Even halving our emissions won’t be enough. Here’s why
The Australian Government likes to claim we are doing our part to avoid dangerous climate change. Australia’s current target is…... Read more
Can’t see the environment measures for all the smoke
So, “clean energy” stands as one of the infrastructure centrepieces of the Federal Budget. It’s an investment intended, we’re told,…... Read more
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The woman with her head down trying to save Labor
The fate of the Labor Government rests in significant part on the performance of one woman, and yesterday…
Eurovision, the only game worth watching this weekend
At about 8pm each Sunday night, having digested my fill of weekend sport, I sit down and pen a Monday…
Some sensible thoughts to stop us losing to boozing
How old were you when you first had a few drinks? There’s a good chance that by the time you turned…
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From: They must pay for one’s bitter disappointments
Michael S says:
"A teacher at Geelong Grammar had criticised her for using words that were too long, which had left her confused and had made her doubt her ability to write essays. She became ''quite distressed'' when her English marks began to fall." I can sympathise. My scholastic mentors conveyed to me a causal relationship… [read more]From: Welfare for breeders is a bonus for everyone
Change Up! says:
I have no problem paying my taxes. As a single, childless person on a very decent income, I can afford it and not have my life severely altered. Plus I understand that my taxes paying for things like schools, childcare and infrastructure is ultimately a good thing. A better community is better for me… [read more]Gentle jabs to the ribs
They must pay for one’s bitter disappointments
A private school girl’s family is sueing her elite, extremely expensive private school for not… Read more
