Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick - climate scientist specialising in extreme events
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Below is selected media appearances throughout my career. Since mid-2013 I've been approached by the Australian and international media to be an expert voice on man-made climate change and extreme events. 


BBC radio world service: Australian Bushfires: why are they so intense?

ABC radio national breakfast with Fran Kelly - more heatwaves since 1950, and more to come.

What keeps a climate scientist up at night?

Triple J's Hack program, on the IPCC 5th assessment report.

Triple J's Hack program, on the NSW bushfires and climate change.

ABC radio national bush telegraph interview, 16th October 2014

Inside the Inferno bushfire documentary, aired in Australia on SBS 5th November 2014

ABC radio 1233 Newcastle, Scorcher website, 20th November 2014

Beyond Zero radio program

730 report, 20th November 2015

CNBC international, 30th November 2015

Today tonight Perth, 8th February 2016

Token Skeptic podcast, 10th February 2016

2SER, 25th March 2016

Heatwaves in Australia - the Sydney Morning Herald
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ABC Radio National, the World today, 3rd August 2016, The 2015 state of the climate report

Is the Australian open tennis feeling the heat of climate change? (the guardian)

Scorchers: the reality of living in a sunburnt country (sydney morning herald)

Heatwave forecasting debut in Australia (science mag)

New climates for Melbourne, Sydney, predicted (The Sydney Morning Herald).

Sydney heatwave: Is it hot enough for you? (opinion piece, The Sydney Morning Herald).
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Bushfires follow Australia's 3rd hottest year (7news)

Scared scientists photo campaign (via huffington post)

Climate Change: the proof Australia is getting hotter (Herald sun)

UQx Climate Denial 101 MOOC interview - heatwaves, communication and the research industry 

UNSW Wild Researchers Campaign

Science meets business - Extreme researcher profile

The Guardian, 8th February 2016

The Guardian, 21st March 2016

news.com.au, 18th May 2016

I have written numerous blogs for Inside Story online magazine 
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I have contributed to a range of articles in The conversation

Bushfires and other extreme events - ABC Life Matters, 4th December 2018

The heat goes on (UNSW TV)

Population pressure - how many kids should you have?

Climate scientists reveal their fears for the future (aired on Lateline, ABC, 28th June 2017)

​Queensland's abnormal bushfires linked to climate change

The WAH podcast, December 2018
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Extremes are the new normal - forecast podcast with Michael White, May 15, 2017

Complex science behind climate change and extreme weather, Mach 22nd 2018

50-degree days possible for Sydney, Melbourne, as warming worsens, 3rd October 2017

Heatwaves and hope - interview with Cosmos Magazine, August 8th 2018

Why Autumn has felt more like summer - 17th April 2018 

Hottest July on record for Queensland prompts warnings of more to come - 2nd August 2018

Heatwaves in Australia - June 8 2016
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Why farmers are forcing climate change into the spotlight - 9th October 2018, ABC 7.30 report

​green lifestyle magazine: The truth about climate change (interview)

Wall Street Journal: Australia Wildfires could get a boost from hot, windy weather.

'Never say never" about bushfire risk ( Sydney Morning Herald)

Balmy autumn breaks temperature records in Sydney (Sydney Morning Herald)

extreme autumn heat (news.com.au)

extreme summer warming as may heat continues (9 news)

heat records "blitzed" as summer lingers (the new daily)

the new climate optimists (road to paris blog)

Australia sweats over extreme hot weather (BBC news)

​2014 was Australia's 3rd hottest year on record (the guardian)

The morning show, Channel 7, January 2019
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