Joëlle Gergis

What will the climate crisis mean for Australia? What is the price of our inertia? Australia is in peril. Do we truly grasp the impact of a warming planet - in particular, what it will mean for our sunburnt country? As temperatures rise, the climates of our capital cities will change. The sea will rise, and we will see increased...

A personal call to action from an Australian IPCC author 'I am in awe of Joelle's courage and clarity. This book is a gift to the world.' - Jess Hill, author of See What You Made Me Do 'I've been waiting for an IPCC scientist to write this book. Where does someone charged with delivering the globe the stark existential...

What was Australia's climate like before official weather records began? How do scientists use tree-rings, ice cores, and tropical corals to retrace the past? What do Indigenous seasonal calendars reveal? And what do settler diary entries about rainfall, droughts, bushfires, and snowfalls tell us about natural climate cycles? Sunburnt Country pieces together Australia's climate history for the first time. It...