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Is this the end of the Great Barrier Reef?
The Great Barrier Reef is often described as the largest living thing on the planet, but swimming over the coral reefs around Heron Island it is the little things that you notice.
The Great Barrier Reef is often described as the largest living thing on the planet, but swimming over the coral reefs around Heron Island it is the little things that you notice.
CSIRO is at war – at the heart is the question of whether engaging in meaningful "science for science sake" is anachronistic for a national agency in a cash-strapped, innovation focused world. Adam Morton reports.
Major parties need to get past their ''policy bonfire" and develop existing mechanisms to curb carbon emissions, a Grattan Institute report finds.
From hot oceans to shrinking Arctic ice and glaciers, the evidence of a warming planet has gone into overdrive in the first three months of 2016.
Most of the diversity outlined on the new tree has been hiding in plain sight.
A new study suggests that human diseases contributed to the downfall of Neanderthals in Europe.
Australia's oil and gas industry lobby group spent $3 million last year "obstructing" ambitious climate change policy through its advocacy work, according to an assessment by not-for-profit research group InfluenceMap.
A goat apparently needed a caffeine fix when it wandered into a Starbucks in Northern California.
Seven Australian frog species are on the brink of extinction - and only $15 million can save them.
Sometimes, you just have to move the mountain to Muhammad.
The death up to 1000 pigs has been blamed on pollution associated with controversial gas mining, in a submission to a Senate inquiry into regulation of the coal seam gas industry.
Australia has a pretty poor record when it comes to animals lost to extinction. For plants, it's worse – and the losses could come at a cost.
'Spoilt Australia' lagging behind third world countries as eight African countries get one up on us.
Environment Minister calls coral bleaching a "climate change wake-up call".
New research has highlighted a species of spider that could have the fastest jaws in the world, with strikes so fast that high-speed cameras struggle to capture it.
CSIRO chief Larry Marshall has ruled out any discrimination against staff on the basis of union affiliation or location despite internal emails showing such factors might play a role during the agency's painful job cuts.
Tropical Cyclone Zena weakened and moved quickly over Fiji without causing significant damage during the early hours of Thursday,
No, your weather app isn't malfunctioning.
Dissent within the ranks of CSIRO is mounting, with the staff union claiming the planned job cuts are deeper than formally announced while dozens of scientists have lodged a formal complaint against alleged bullying behaviour by chief executive Larry Marshall.
Stand aside, Donald Trump, when it comes to spitting venom, Chewie is the world champ.
Katty, a docile, orange-haired preschooler, fell from a tree with a thump. Her teacher quickly picked her up, dusted off her bottom, refastened her white disposable diaper and placed her back on a branch more than seven feet off the ground.
The more coal and oil we burn, the more we can produce, driving growth, right? There may be another way.
The Bureau of Meteorology has offered to save climate research that CSIRO plans to axe under a plan that would see some long-term programs and dozens of jobs transfer between the two national science agencies.
Dog lovers are choosing smaller dogs, which has implications for the long term health of pure bred canines.
More than 300 doctors and other medical professionals have signed an open letter demanding the state government develop a plan to retire the Latrobe Valley's brown coal power plants because of the health damage they cause.
The Obama administration believes health problems associated with climate change is one of the gravest threats to the country.
Official figures say NSW litters 4 per cent of all beverage containers every year. That's 168 million bottles and cans, 17,700 tonnes. But is that really all?
In a dusty shed at Hume, both men and mattresses are being given second chances.
Australia's national science organisation will stop "doing science for science sake" and no longer do "public good" work unless it is linked to jobs and economic growth, according to internal emails between CSIRO senior managers.
The $20 billion-plus Carmichael coal mine will generate thousands of jobs in the short term. But what about the long term?