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Climate change

Dr Rob on a hill Climate Change is a hot topic - everyone is talking about it in one way or another. But what is climate change? How does it happen and why are people concerned? Is there a solution to it all?

Join Dr Rob as he creates a bit more hot air and SCOPEs out all the science behind climate change! As once again the ordinary becomes extraordinary, under the SCOPE.

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The basics of climate change
All about nitrous oxide
The effects of climate change
Explaining the carbon cycle
What can you do about climate change?
What is clean coal?

What can you do?

Learn more about climate change with these online resources.

CSIRO's research into climate change
climateXchange - get involved and submit your own video report
An international school competition based around climate change
The European Union's take on climate change
A New Scientist magazine special on climate change
Climate change observations in Australia
Australia's future climate
Climate impacts for Australia
A great Q&A section about climate change
An American site about climate change just for kids

Try some great climate change science activities from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club:

Explore El Nino in your kitchen
Learn how melting ice affects sea levels
Find out about the role of oceans in climate change

Dr Rob
Paul Holper - Climate Scientist, CSIRO
Kathy McInnes - Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
Sam Sonter - Education Officer, CSIRO
David Uhlmann - Chemical Engineer, University of Queensland
Professor David Ellsworth - Centre for Plant and Food Science, University of Western Sydney

Man in front of a glasshouse

Woman in front of a computer screen

Man in front of a road

Boy with lightbulbs

Man with a computer and equipment

Woman between two trees

Dr Rob on a hill

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Climate change

What can you do?

Climate 101

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