Latest environment news
New CSIRO document reveals scale of planned cuts to climate programs
Peter Hannam 3:35 AM One of CSIRO's main climate science units planned to slash four out of five researchers, all but eliminating its monitoring and climate modelling research, a new document reveals.
'Stupid' omission from water inquiry
Peter Hannam 3:34 PM The Coalition and Shooters and Fishers joined forces to keep two words quiet in the terms of a water inquiry.
Stop CSIRO cuts until after election: Labor
Adam Morton and Tom Arup 3:10 PM Labor has demanded the government stop the CSIRO axing 350 science jobs until after the election, and pledged to investigate the management and culture of the century-old organisation if it wins power.
PM's green shift defies Abbott claim of no change
Mark Kenny 5:06 AM Malcolm Turnbull has added to the growing differences between his administration and the previous Abbott government by reversing Coalition hostility to forward-leaning climate change policy through the creation of a new $1 billion clean energy innovation fund.
$3.3m study is 'money down the drain'
Peter Hannam 3:37 AM A leading public health researcher says a study to investigate the effects of wind farms on human health is a waste of time and money.
Green power projects to falter under Coalition plan, critics say
Nicole Hasham 12:18 PM New ideas and innovation in renewable energy may "wither" if the Turnbull government forces vulnerable new ventures to borrow funds rather than receive grants, green power advocates say.
Environmentalists call for coal mines to 'pay to pollute'
Anne Davies Environmentalists are calling for the NSW government to include coal mining in its "pay to pollute" scheme after analysis revealed the industry is responsible for high levels of pollutants in the waterways including arsenic, lead, and selenium.
Startling images reveal devastating coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef
Tom Arup Startling images have emerged of the devastating coral bleaching unfolding across parts of the Great Barrier Reef, as the marine park authority overseeing the prized environmental icon raised its response to the highest level possible.
Plants' response to heatwaves will make events 3-5 degrees hotter
Peter Hannam Heatwaves in the northern hemisphere may become as much as 5 degrees warmer than previously estimated by mid-century because plants' response has been miscalculated, according to new research by Australian scientists.
$78m lost in six years
Peter Hannam And the result for this state body would have been worse without subsidies, according to The Australia Institute.
'True shocker': Spike in global temperatures stuns scientists
Peter Hannam Global temperatures leapt in February, lifting warming from pre-industrial levels to beyond 1.5 degrees, and stoking concerns about a "climate emergency".
Plenty of sleight in hand in Malcolm Turnbull's clean power play
Tom Arup 5:58 PM Whatever they are paying the spinners in the Turnbull government it is not enough.
Activists stop traffic to scale Coke sign
Lucy Cormack 5:34 PM Two Greenpeace activists have been arrested after causing a road closure when they attempted to cover the Kings Cross Coca-Cola sign with a banner calling on the NSW government to reject an industry-backed container deposit scheme supported by Coca-Cola Amatil.
Canberra blanketed by smog
Katie Burgess 10:01 AM Flights in and out of Canberra delayed after smoke and fog blanketed the capital.
Wet and mild Easter long weekend
Peter Hannam A senior forecaster with the Bureau of Meteorology says Easter holidaymakers can expect showers and sun over the long weekend break.
Funding for further surveys of Great Barrier Reef bleaching
Francesca Wallace The federal government will help fund ongoing surveying of the bleaching at the Great Barrier Reef, in measures announced on Sunday by Environment Minister Greg Hunt.
Homo sapiens' sex with extinct species was no one-night stand
Will Dunham 12:00 AM Our species, Homo sapiens, has a more adventurous sexual history than previously realised, and all that bed-hopping long ago has left an indelible mark on the human genome.
Cat burgles homes for undies
Caroline Zielinski A New Zealand cat with a fetish for men's socks and jocks has been stealing underwear from unsuspecting neighbours during her nightly prowls.
Five cheetahs born in rare caesarean at US zoo
Five cheetah cubs are getting around-the-clock care after being delivered in a rare caesarean section at a US zoo.
Sydney weather: Showers to continue before heating up before Easter long weekend
Megan Levy It has been a tale of two cities across Sydney, as parts of the coastal fringe recorded their wettest 24-hour period in months while barely a shower washed over some western suburbs.
Program could predict climate resilience of lizards
Bennet Nichol James Cook University researchers have devised a breakthrough method of understanding lizard behaviour, which may have a significant impact on modelling the effects of global warming on earth's cold-blooded critters.Â
Record temperatures for March a warning of what's to come, say experts
Caitlin Guilfoyle Record-breaking autumn heat is just a warning of what's to come if Australia doesn't act immediately to combat climate change.
Ten everyday products with hidden costs
Think your life is made easier by throwaway goods? Someone else's isn't. Here are 10 everyday items that come with a hefty environmental price tag.
Severe weather warning for the Canberra region
Strong winds expected about parts of southeast New South Wales, including the wider Canberra region ahead of a cold front.
What Dr Mike Braysher learned from Bowen Island rabbits
John Thistleton Rabbits cleared kikuyu for a colony of little penguins.
Kosciuszko explained: mystery of the Snowy Mountains solved
Marcus Strom Higher than expected gravity supplied the clue. And now we know how Kosciuszko and the Snowy Mountains came to be.
Here comes autumn
Peter Hannam The meteorologists are calling what many Sydney commuters already know: autumn has arrived.
'The whole system is a scam'
Peter Hannam New documents show how coal firms won the right to claim planting of grass or trees on old mine sites as conservation offsets for future woodland destruction.
The seafood 'fraud' on our plates
Lucy Cormack From cans to fish shop windows and restaurant plates, 30 per cent of the world's seafood is still mislabelled.
'Fairy circles' found in Western Australia may have solved an old mystery
Sarah Kaplan Countless scientists, mystics and conspiracy theorists have studied them in the African desert. They didn't know about Newman, Australia.
Heat goes on Australian renewable energy jobs
Tom Arup A 3 per cent decline caps off a 27 per cent collapse in renewable energy since 2010-11.
