La Nina can't come fast enough
It's the sort of anniversary you don't want to celebrate - a full year in which each month has set a new high mark for global temperatures.
Environment
Land clearing: 'This is not Queensland'
The NSW government has defended land-clearing laws that will give greater flexibility to farmers.
Labor's missing renewables billion
Labor faces 'a litmus test' of its support of renewable energy after it emerged that a Shorten government would book $1 billion of the savings cut from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency by the Coalition.
The thin blue line that is scaring scientists
In a year of startling data pointing to a warming world, a thin blue line in one closely watched chart was initially dismissed as just too abnormal to be accurate.
Increase in renewable energy foreshadowed
New plans to increase renewable energy and cut power use have been foreshadowed by the state budget, but the Andrews government has held back the full details of what the strategies will entail.
'Bombshell' finding that most land-clearing goes undetected
Farmers are clearing land six times faster than detected by the NSW government, and most offsets used to compensate for vegetation destruction merely preserve existing conservation areas, according to unpublished research by Philip Gibbons, a leading biodiversity expert.
'It will definitely feel more like autumn'
Western Sydney had its coldest night since September as autumn-like conditions finally arrive in parts of the city.
Ringling circus elephants take final bows
Eleven Asian elephants from one of the United States' largest circus companies, Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey, have performed for the last time before going into retirement two years ahead of schedule.
33 lions rescued from South American circuses arrive in South Africa
Thirty-three lions rescued from circuses in Peru and Colombia are heading to South Africa to live out the rest of their lives in a private sanctuary.
How green is your super?
Some of Australia's largest superannuation funds rank among the best in the world in protecting their members from the adverse effects of climate change.
Anger at NSW plans to cull 5000 brumbies in Snowy Mountains
The NSW government is planning a controversial cull of more than 5000 wild horses to effectively wipe out the Snowy Mountains brumbies, a breed descended from animals brought over by the British colonists.
Canberra lashed with gale force winds
A severe storm warning for the ACT has been cancelled as high winds, caused by a cold front moving through southeastern NSW, ease.
Cash for cans: NSW MPs make video appeal
With a decision due on Monday, two NSW government MPs have appeared in a video urging their cabinet colleagues to vote for a 10 cent "cash for containers" scheme.
Qld scientists make good ants go bad
JCU scientists change ant brains to make aggressive ants more calm, and chilled-out ants cranky.
Australia's 'perilous' water future
Drought and climate change have already had an impact, and worse is to come.
Anglers worried about national park 4WD use
Erosion along the banks of the Eucumbene River caused by off-road vehicles could have a detrimental impact on trout numbers, according to anglers.
Cold fronts to break Sydney's warm spell
Sydney is in for a relatively damp and dull weekend, briefly snapping the city's spell of sunny and dry mid-autumn days.
Baby echidna finds new mother as it recovers from chicken attack
A baby echidna is recovering after an encounter with a flock of chickens in a Newcastle backyard.
Canberra weather: what's ahead for winter
A warmer winter and more of the wet stuff is on the way.
Scare campaign over climate policy kicks off
Bill Shorten is sending a clear signal he's willing to make climate a centrepiece of the 2016 election campaign.
The new threat to world's oceans
Scientists had been expecting this for decades. Now the evidence is emerging.
'A big thumping electricity tax'
The battlelines have been drawn on climate change ahead of an imminent election campaign, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull labelling Labor's emissions trading scheme "effectively another tax" that would push up power prices.
33 lions rescued from circuses to be flown to new home in Africa
Thirty-three lions rescued from circuses in Peru and Colombia are heading to South Africa to live out the rest of their lives in a private sanctuary.
'Coal is going down': Greens target fossil fuel to save reef
The Greens would block new or expanded coal mines or coal seam gasfields, tax coal exports and channel funds back into efforts to restore health to the Great Barrier Reef.
'Not very good at politics': CSIRO chief
CSIRO's embattled chief Larry Marshall stumbled through another Senate committee hearing on Wednesday.
Endangered southern corroboree frog population set to jump
The critically endangered southern corroboree frog population has been given a boost with thousands of zoo-bred eggs released in the NSW Snowy Mountains.
'It looks like a con': New CSIRO climate centre splits staff
Cuts at the CSIRO have been scaled back but questions remain about the future of its climate science programs.
Emissions trade and deeper carbon cuts
A Shorten Labor government would slash carbon emissions by significantly more than the Turnbull Coalition by 2030 and rein in land clearing.
Confusion over future of CSIRO Melbourne lab as climate heads south
The future of a major climate change laboratory in suburban Melbourne is in doubt after the national science agency announced it would cut hundreds of jobs and sets up a smaller global warming research centre in Tasmania.
Little sign of cooling on way
National late-season records may tumble as the endless summer rolls deep into autumn.
The truth behind the new CSIRO climate centre
Ring-fencing a portion of climate scientists won't stop the brain drain from the CSIRO.
Like humans, baboons with tough childhoods die earlier
Researchers found that lots of early adversity, such as the loss of a mother, can shave 10 years off a wild baboon's life.