[Published by On Line Opinion, 24 August.]

As the national election campaign approaches its climax, with global warming all but ignored by the major parties, the Australian Academy of Sciences has issued a report summarising the current state of climate change science.  Its conclusions are clear and concerning.  Global warming continues to occur, and the evidence is now strong that human emissions of greenhouse gases are the main cause.  The evidence supporting supporting climate sceptics is melting like the Arctic snow.

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