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	Leave the ocean garbage alone: we need to stop polluting first Recent plans to clean plastics from the five massive ocean garbage patches could do more damage to the environment than leaving the plastic right where it is.
	New insights into the climate of the past 2,000 years Dr Stephen Phipps talks about a comprehensive new scientific study has revealed fresh insights into the climate of the past 2,000 years
	Video looks at oceans work of our Tasmanian hub Professor Nathan Bindoff, and A/Professor Peter Strutton talk about their work with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies at UTAS.
	What a future Hurricane Sandy could look like Centre of Excellence Associate Investigator Kevin Walsh takes a look at how climate change could alter the impact of Hurricane Sandy if it struck New York in 2050.
	Science alone won't change climate opinions, but it matters Does scientific knowledge matter in the climate debate? Recent research suggests that it is not “what you know” but “who you are” that counts in making up your mind about climate change.
	The real story behind Walker Circulation headline The recent article, Slowdown of the Walker circulation driven by tropical Indo-Pacific warming, by Tokinaga et al. (Nature, 15 November 2012, 491, pp 439–443) could prove very important for Australian climate.
	Gung-Ho about Atmospheric Modeling We live in interesting times. Something that is particularly interesting to me is a major project being undertaken by the UK Met Office in collaboration with the UK academic community to have a new atmospheric model, Gung Ho, in operation around 2020.
	How to detect dodgy arguments A very useful document to help people recognise dodgy arguments is now available.
	The dynamics of global ocean circulation Dr Erik Van Sebille explains how research on vast ocean currents has unexpectedly revealed the strange and powerful impact that 100km-wide eddies may have on our climate.
	How climate scientists develop climate models When commentators dismiss climate models as “merely models” it means they have failed to grasp how important models of all kinds have become to many parts of our daily life.