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title: 2023 was a year of extremes, climate scientists confirm
description: A new report by more than 30 of Australia's leading climate scientists has found extreme weather events are happening more frequently and at an increased intensity, with many all-time records broken in 2023 alone.
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# 2023 was a year of extremes, climate scientists confirm
Friday, 1 March 2024
A new report by more than 30 of Australia's leading climate scientists has found extreme weather events are happening more frequently and at an increased intensity, with many all-time records broken in 2023 alone.
**Top Stories:**
[**You weren't imagining it - 2023 was a year of extremes, climate scientists confirm**](https://www.9news.com.au/national/climate-australia-2023-record-breaking-weather-bushfires-floods-cyclones/866151f3-e26a-4d18-8233-a028dd174a4c)That's the key takeaway from a report by more than 30 of Australia's leading climate scientists published today.
[**Tiwis take on Tokyo to tame gas project threatening their culture**](https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/tiwis-take-on-tokyo-to-tame-gas-project-threatening-their-culture-20240227-p5f84k.html)In downtown Tokyo, three Tiwi Islanders are making a last-ditch effort to stop one of the world’s largest mining projects from running gas past their islands to Darwin and then on to ships to Japan.
[**Victoria's rooftop solar feed-in tariffs are falling. Here's why that won't slow the solar juggernaut**](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-29/why-falling-feed-in-tariffs-wont-slow-solar/103528180)Australia has gone from virtually no household solar installations 15 years ago to more than 3 million today, so the idea regulators should make it harder to install panels seems baffling.
[**Singapore to Build World’s Largest Facility to Boost Carbon-Removal Power of the Ocean**](https://time.com/6836259/singapore-equatic-ocean-carbon-dioxide-removal-facility-largest/)The project is sparking optimism for what has been hailed as a potential game changer for global climate efforts.
[**How climate change is messing up the ocean’s biological clock, with unknown long-term consequences**](https://theconversation.com/how-climate-change-is-messing-up-the-oceans-biological-clock-with-unknown-long-term-consequences-224581)What was normal in the past may well be changing more rapidly than marine species can adapt.
[**Asbestos: Rozelle parklands reopening delayed, with critics arguing extension shows EPA is a ‘toothless tiger’**](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/29/sydney-asbestos-crisis-rozelle-parklands-reopening-date-delay-march-friable-mulch-locations)Environment Protection Authority originally demanded asbestos be cleaned up by end of February but Transport for NSW granted extra month by watchdog.
[**US spends billions on roads rather than public transport in ‘climate time bomb’**](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/29/biden-spending-highways-public-transport-climate-crisis)New analysis finds money from Biden’s $1.2tn infrastructure bill has overwhelmingly been spent on widening highways for cars.
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