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Episode 11: The Facts of the Matter

In this What Happens Next? podcast episode Susan chats to the experts exploring what we could do differently to improve the quality of information and media.

David Holmes Director, Climate Change Communication Research Hub

In this What Happens Next? podcast episode Susan chats to the experts exploring what we could do differently to improve the quality of information and media.

Environment

Behind the megafires

What role did climate change play in Australia's devastating bushfires?

Paul Read Senior Lecturer, School of Psychological Sciences

What role did climate change play in Australia's devastating bushfires?

Science

Melbourne's wild January weather explained

Hailstorms in summer, and sub-20-degree days closely followed by plus-40-degree days. Is it a harbinger of our changing climate, a response to some major atmospheric unrest, or just a series of unfortunate events?

Rob Warren Research Fellow, School of Earth Atmosphere and Environment

Hailstorms in summer, and sub-20-degree days closely followed by plus-40-degree days. Is it a harbinger of our changing climate, a response to some major atmospheric unrest, or just a series of unfortunate events?

Science

It was a dark and stormy night ...

New research is investigating the ingredients that lead to thunderstorms to better predict when they might strike.

Martin Singh Lecturer, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment

New research is investigating the ingredients that lead to thunderstorms to better predict when they might strike.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

Politicians fuelling the fire

Around the world, populist-nationalist politicians are stoking anti-immigration sentiment through scaremongering.

Alan Gamlen Associate Professor of Human Geography and Editor-in-Chief of Migration Studies

Around the world, populist-nationalist politicians are stoking anti-immigration sentiment through scaremongering.

Business and economy

Featured

Business and economy

Greed, morality, money and the banks

The banking royal commission has humiliated the banks, exposed dodgy financial dealings and shown the sector lacks a 'clear sense of moral purpose'.

Kevin Davis Professor of Finance, Monash Business School

The banking royal commission has humiliated the banks, exposed dodgy financial dealings and shown the sector lacks a 'clear sense of moral purpose'.

Environment

The hidden cost of disasters

Buildings can be replaced, but how do events such as devastating bushfires and floods affect our mental and financial resilience?

David Johnston Professor (Research), Centre for Health Economics

Buildings can be replaced, but how do events such as devastating bushfires and floods affect our mental and financial resilience?

Environment

The Conversation

Environment

Tropical thunderstorms are set to grow stronger as the world warms

Increased atmospheric energy as a results of climate change is putting the tropics and subtropics at risk of being lashed with more intense storms.

Martin Singh Lecturer, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment

Increased atmospheric energy as a results of climate change is putting the tropics and subtropics at risk of being lashed with more intense storms.

Science

How to survive on the red planet

Donald Trump may want to send people back to the moon, but what about the practicalities of living on Mars?

Jasmina Lazendic-Galloway Lecturer, School of Physics and Astronomy

Donald Trump may want to send people back to the moon, but what about the practicalities of living on Mars?

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

Kevin '07 and the start of the rocky road

If Kim Beazley had become PM in 2007, we might have avoided the instability and dysfunction we see today.

Monash University

If Kim Beazley had become PM in 2007, we might have avoided the instability and dysfunction we see today.

Politics and society

The Conversation

Politics and society

After the storm: how political attacks on renewables elevates attention paid to climate change

How political attacks on renewables elevates attention paid to climate change

David Holmes Director, Climate Change Communication Research Hub

How political attacks on renewables elevates attention paid to climate change

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

Fake news and god's wrath: extreme hurricane politics in the US

In between all of the suffering in Texas and now in Florida, conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, who broadcasts out of Palm Beach, Florida, had labelled Hurricane Irma a kind of fake news.

David Holmes Director, Climate Change Communication Research Hub

In between all of the suffering in Texas and now in Florida, conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, who broadcasts out of Palm Beach, Florida, had labelled Hurricane Irma a kind of fake news.