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Created with Highcharts 3.0.7Chart context menuNumber of articles2000-2025 Australian Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change or Global WarmingSydney Morning HeraldCourier Mail & Sunday MailThe AustralianDaily Telegraph & Sunday TelegraphThe Age5 Newspapers Combined200020022004200620082010201220142016201820202022202405001,0001,5002,000Media and Climate Change Observatory, University of Colorado Boulder, http://mecco.colorado.edu
Created with Highcharts 3.0.7Chart context menuNumber of articles2000-2025 Australian Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change or Global WarmingSydney Morning HeraldCourier Mail & Sunday MailThe AustralianDaily Telegraph & Sunday TelegraphThe Age20002002200420062008201020122014201620182020202220240200400600800Media and Climate Change Observatory, University of Colorado Boulder, http://mecco.colorado.edu

These figures track newspaper coverage of climate change or global warming in 5 Australian newspapers (Sydney Morning Herald, Courier Mail & Sunday Mail, The Australian, Daily Telegraph & Sunday Telegraph, and The Age). Updated through February 2025.

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Figure Citation

Boykoff, M., Chandler, P., Nacu-Schmidt, A., and Rawn, A. (2025). Australian Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change or Global Warming, 2000-2025. Media and Climate Change Observatory Data Sets. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado. doi.org/10.25810/558f-c477.