Tim Flannery: the weather manDamien Pleming Science writer Tim Flannery was a casualty of the Tony Abbott government but he now sees new hope in Australian politics and the world at large. Scientist Tim Flannery tells PHILIP MATTHEWS that climate change is a dire problem, but don't lose hope. Supplied Tim Flannery says we've got to face the possibility that the heat already in the sea will destroy the Great Barrier Reef. Supplied In May, Tim Flannery dived on the Great Barrier Reef and saw the impact of bleaching caused by climate change. TIM FLANNERY is at WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival, August 27.

Source: Stuff August 13, 2016 16:52 UTC