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Human activity has postponed an ice age by at least 100,000 years, scientists say

The next two 'glacial inceptions' will be pushed back by 'human interference'.

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For the first time in four decades, nobody made it to the top of Mount Everest last year

Tragedy, government actions and plain old bad luck made the world's tallest mountain virtually unconquerable.

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Human activity has postponed an ice age by at least 100,000 years, scientists say

The next two 'glacial inceptions' will be pushed back by 'human interference'.

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For the first time in four decades, nobody made it to the top of Mount Everest last year

Tragedy, government actions and plain old bad luck made the world's tallest mountain virtually unconquerable.

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What scientists discovered in Greenland could be making sea-level rise yet worse

It's worrying news for the precarious Greenland ice sheet.

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Australia must follow US and ban microbeads

The push for an Australian ban on microbeads in cosmetics has been taken to a new level, as the United States recently introduced laws which outlaw the use of the tiny plastic beads.

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Australia's carbon emissions jump in 2015

Including land use and deforestation, the overall increase in emissions was 1.3 per cent

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New eco-friendly capsule lets you live off the grid for up to a year

The unconventional egg-shaped accommodation will set you back a cool $120,000.

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New year rings in 41 per cent rise in GreenPower prices

Consumers want answers after energy providers have announced a price increase of up to 41 per cent for their green energy contribution to coincide with the new year.

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Why are green energy prices going through the roof?

The 41 per cent price rise for green energy could have been avoided, experts say.

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US town rejects solar farm after fears it will suck up all the sunlight

World leaders may have committed to ambitious climate targets in Paris at the weekend, but that in small-town America, all that solar hocus pocus is still viewed with a healthy dose of slack-jawed cynicism.

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Malcolm Turnbull has lifted Tony Abbott's wind power investment ban

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation can now invest in new wind power projects.

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Oil and gas company Hilcorp gives employees $137,000 bonus

The reward came after the privately held company realised its goal of doubling its oilfield production rate, net oil and gas reserves and equity value over five years.

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Waroona bushfire: Explosions in the night as fire threatens homes

The Waroona Hotel's owner has spoken of the sound of explosions in the darkness as a bushfire threatens the town and nearby Preston Beach in Western Australia.

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Hunter floods: Evacuation order for Raymond Terrace

An evacuation order has been issued for parts of the Hunter township of Raymond Terrace with the State Emergency Service inundated with calls for help as the unseasonal big wet continues.

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Record hot end to 2015 for Australia as giant El Nino dominates

Australia has posted its hottest end to any year as the impact of one of the biggest El Ninos on record began to be felt across the continent.

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It's may be a new year, but El Nino has no plans to stop just yet

Heatwaves, floods and wild winds are some of the weather we can expect from what could be the most severe El Nino on record.

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Sydney records hottest December night in 15 years

Sydney sweated through its hottest December night in 15 years overnight, but a cool change - and a good drenching - is on its way.

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The moment the Paris climate change summit reached a deal

Loud applause erupted as France's foreign minister gaveled the Paris climate agreement.

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Harrison Ford uses Australian interview to call for climate change action

“The planet will be okay, there just won’t be any damn people on it.”

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Australia third last in climate change rankings, just ahead of Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia

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Dying astronaut says if world leaders could see Earth from space, they would want to save it

"Our earth has cancer. I have cancer too."

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Guerilla artists place fake ads around Paris to call out companies’ responses to climate change

Calling it as they see it.

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Human activity has postponed an ice age by at least 100,000 years, scientists say

The next two 'glacial inceptions' will be pushed back by 'human interference'.

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Two lions added to endangered species list

Six months after Cecil the lion was hunted and killed by a Minnesota dentist, it is unlikely that any lion trophies will ever again be imported legally into the United States.

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Prince Harry to rhino poachers: 'You will be caught'

The prince said he is upset and frustrated by the killing of rhinos and elephants. "How can it be that 30,000 elephants were slaughtered last year alone?"

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A northern white rhino has died, meaning there are only three left in the world

Two females and one ageing male live on a reserve in Kenya.

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Andrew Robb criticises Scott Morrison's 'political' decision to block sale of Kidman cattle stations

"Australia has always depended on foreign investment for agriculture."

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Watch: Elephants cool down in Dubbo

Asian Elephant Luk Chai and Pathi Harn beat the heat with a bit of push and shove at Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo.

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