Expert questions 'smart' drumlines for sharks

Lucy Cormack   GPS buoys will allow sharks to be hooked, tagged and released. But experts have raised concerns.

Paris 2015: Australians back deeper carbon cuts as climate summit looms

Tom Arup   Australia will head to the Paris climate summit next week with majority public support for adopting deeper cuts to greenhouse gas emissions if it helps reach a global deal to tackle the problem, according to a new poll by the Lowy Institute.

'Biggest risk' to Paris climate talks on track to being resolved: Hunt

Nicole Hasham   The world has averted a major threat to success at the Paris climate summit because richer countries are on track to meet a goal of spending US$100 billion a year helping poorer countries tackle climate change, Environment Minister Greg Hunt says.

Beaches to offer best place to beat a return of Sydney's heat

Peter Hannam   The beaches will be the place to head to as Sydney's last major burst of heat for spring moves through the city, sending temperatures into the high 30s and triggering a total fire ban..

World's largest polluters to meet on first day of Paris climate talks

Justin Sink   President Barack Obama will meet with the leaders of China and India on the opening day of talks in Paris to reach an international climate agreement, a symbolic gesture that the White House says underscores the commitment of the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases to tackle rising global temperatures.

New study adds to debunking of global warming 'pause'

Chris Mooney   Scientists fell prey to the 'pause' narrative because of a 'seepage' of arguments by climate change doubters into the scientific literature, new research finds.

El Nino leaves crocodiles high and dry

Lucy Cormack   "They're not eating, they've got no fresh water, they've just got to sit it out." Crocodiles in Kakadu National Park have been left high and dry.

'You're the Voice': the message Australian women are taking to Paris climate talks

Deborah Snow   An Australian women's climate movement has created an "utterly inspiring" call to action ahead of the Paris climate summit.

Mysterious Siberian craters may have an underwater analogue, scientists say

Chris Mooney   The idea that climate change could destabilise methane hydrates, which contain enormous amounts of methane, has been frequently evoked as a kind of doomsday climate scenario. But researchers say their results do not support such alarmism.

Hunt says climate change action at Paris talks a 'deeply personal goal'

Nicole Hasham   Clinching a global deal in Paris to keep global warming below two degrees is a "deeply personal goal" and climate change inaction is "not an option", Environment Minister Greg Hunt is expected to say on Wednesday.

Turnbull's climate commitment to be undermined by more CSIRO cuts

Peter Hannam   Some of Australia's leading climate research programs are under threat even as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull prepares to address world leaders at next week's global climate summit in Paris.

These are the last of their kind

There are now just three northern white rhinos left in the world. These three.

Spiderweb hundreds of metres long

 The latest viral spider news is horrifying at face value. Residents of North Memphis, Tennessee, were treated to an unexpectedly white Thanksgiving when a spider web at least half a mile long (about 800 metres) appeared on the grass.

Extreme weather tied to 600,000 deaths, $2.6T bill over two decades

Nick Cumming-Bruce   ​Weather-related disasters in the past two decades have killed more than 600,000 people and inflicted economic losses estimated at trillions of dollars, the United Nations said Monday, warning that the frequency and impact of such events was set to rise.

Mild weather for Sydney before the mercury starts to climb again

Peter Hannam   Sydney's break from late-spring heat will be short-lived with temperatures set to rise by Thursday.

Prince Charles links climate change to war in Syria, terrorism

Michael Holden   Prince Charles has pointed to the world's failure to tackle climate change as a root cause of the civil war in Syria, terrorism and the refugee crisis engulfing Europe.

Rare stick insect to go international to save its species

Bridie Smith   Hundreds of precious Lord Howe Island stick insect eggs will be sent overseas as part of a captive breeding program for the critically endangered Australian insect - which until 2001 was thought extinct.

Climate change a risk to retirement savings

John Collett   When you consider the range of investments most people have, it's the returns from retirement savings that are likely to feel the heat of climate change the most.

RAAF masters Antarctica

Andrew Darby, Wilkins Runway, Antarctica   Plane fills gap in Australian polar capacity, adding heavy-lift capacity and reach.

Plea to reverse Rio Tinto's 'original sin' on coalmine

Peter Hannam   Premier Mike Baird has been called on to prevent Rio Tinto from destroying endangered woodland that it promised to conserve.

Deforestation threatens majority of Amazon tree species

Nicholas St Fleur   By comparing maps of projected deforestation with data collected in the forest, researchers have determined the status of more than 15,000 Amazonian trees species.

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Scientists use taxidermy decoys to catch rare native cranes

Bridie Smith   "They just happened to have two dead brolgas in their freezer that had died of natural causes so they were kind enough to provide them."

THE MOTLEY FOOL

Is your portfolio ready for climate change?

Scott Phillips   The threat of climate change is also a threat for your portfolio, even if you don't believe in the science.

Sydney weather: Fryday heatwave to challenge records

Kate Aubusson and Eryk Bagshaw   Sydney is set for a scorcher as temperature records look set to tumble.

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From the city to the beach, who wants clothes when Sydney sweats?

Lucy Cormack   Clothes came off, sunscreen slapped on – it was only 9am on Friday and Sydney was starting to sweat.

Blowing hot or cool depends on where you're at

Catherine Armitage   If you really want to know how hot you are, try getting around the city with an expert in urban microclimates with an infrared camera and a hand held weather station.