David Spratt on Muck Rack

David Spratt

Melbourne
As seen in: Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Guardian, Taylor & Francis Online, Mother Jones, The Canberra Times, CSIRO Publishing, RenewEconomy, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Daily Liberal, European Respiratory Journal and
Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. Claim your profile

Get in touch with David

Contact David, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Is this you?

As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile

Articles

Avoiding 'worse-case' climate warming is big news. But is it true?

|
By David Spratt
| pearlsandirritations.com
Claims that climate scientists have abandoned their most dire scenario have been widely misunderstood. While the highest emissions pathway is now considered unlikely, evidence suggests the climate system may still be tracking toward dangerously high levels of warming. Occasionally, climate science is big news. On 26 May, the New York Times headlined: “Why scientists retired the dire climate scenario used for over a decade”.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Avoiding 'worse-case' climate warming is big news. But is it true?

|
By David Spratt
| Pearls and Irritations
Claims that climate scientists have abandoned their most dire scenario have been widely misunderstood. While the highest emissions pathway is now considered unlikely, evidence suggests the climate system may still be tracking toward dangerously high levels of warming. Occasionally, climate science is big news. On 26 May, the New York Times headlined: “Why scientists retired the dire climate scenario used for over a decade”.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Turning a blind eye to climate risk threatens derailment

|
By David Spratt
| pearlsandirritations.com
The 2026 budget is a continuation of the Labor Government’s denial of the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions before the climate reaches a tipping point. The 2026 budget speech was titled ‘Resilience and reform’. ‘Resilience’ – a very fluid term favoured by political communicators these days – was deployed 13 times, but the word ‘climate’ failed to appear even once.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 169 licensed articles (298 Total)
 •  Privacy  •  Terms  •  Security and Legal  •   •   •   • 

© 2026 Muck Rack

SOC 2® Certified