Emissions trade and deeper carbon cuts

Peter Hannam   A Shorten Labor government would slash carbon emissions by significantly more than the Turnbull Coalition by 2030 and rein in land clearing.

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Confusion over future of CSIRO Melbourne lab as climate heads south

Adam Morton and Peter Hannam   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.

The truth behind the new CSIRO climate centre

Peter Hannam   Ring-fencing a portion of climate scientists won't stop the brain drain from the CSIRO.

'It looks like a con': New CSIRO climate centre splits staff

Peter Hannam   Cuts at the CSIRO have been scaled back but questions remain about the future of its climate science programs.

'It's my dream': Big advance claimed for solar cells

Peter Hannam   The sci-fi vision of solar cells coating surfaces from buildings to vehicles has been brought closer to reality after scientists at the University of NSW achieved new levels of electricity generation using non-toxic and abundant materials.

Almost all of Great Barrier Reef hit by bleaching: survey

Tom Arup   Scientists surveying the mass coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef say that just 7 per cent of the Australian environmental icon has been left untouched by the event.

Little sign of cooling on way

Peter Hannam   National late-season records may tumble as the endless summer rolls deep into autumn.

Like humans, baboons with tough childhoods die earlier

Karin Brulliard   Researchers found that lots of early adversity, such as the loss of a mother, can shave 10 years off a wild baboon's life.

Gorilla gives birth unexpectedly at Prague Zoo

It was an unexpected birth that took everyone at the Prague zoo by surprise.

TripAdvisor under pressure to stop promoting 'cruel' wildlife tourist attractions

Jewel Topsfield   An international animal welfare organisation has launched a campaign calling on TripAdvisor to stop promoting and selling tickets to wildlife tourist attractions that it says are cruel to animals.

Budget 2016: Great Barrier Reef to get $50m

There will be more money in the federal budget for the reef.

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No reprieve for Canberra's falling dam levels

Katie Burgess   Storage levels of ACT's dams has steadily fallen since August.

CSIRO eyes alternative plan to climate job cuts

Peter Hannam   CSIRO is expected to offer an alternative to deep cuts of its climate science program as soon as this week in a bid to defuse criticism as a Senate committee prepares to widen its inquiry to include chairman David Thodey.

Solar project taking its technology to the world

Tom Arup   A Victorian technology company striving to produce more efficient and cheaper solar power has won financial backing from the national renewable energy agency to expand its plans.

Sir David Attenborough makes heartfelt plea for the Reef

Nathanael Cooper   As news broke that 93 per cent of the coral on the Great Barrier Reef was suffering from some level of bleaching, the ABC was preparing to broadcast the final episode of David Attenborough's ground breaking documentary on the reef.

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Australia may take in African rhinos

Zimasa Mpemnyama   ​Wildlife groups plan to relocate 80 rhinoceros from South Africa to Australia in a bid to prevent them being hunted to extinction, one of the project's leaders says.

175 nations sign Paris climate deal

Michelle Nichols and Valerie Volcovici   China and the United States, the world's top producers of greenhouse gas emissions, have pledged to formally adopt a Paris deal to slow global warming.

Canberra weather: will we need to turn heaters on for Anzac Day?

Clare Colley   Daily maximums of 26 degrees may have made it easy for Canberrans to adhere to the rule about keeping the heater off until Anzac Day.

Australia snubbed by 'high-ambition' group at climate talks

Tom Arup, Adam Morton   Nobody likes left being out of the gang - especially one it has asked to join.

Cabinet ministers say climate science 'not settled'

Michael Koziol   Nationals deputy leader Fiona Nash has joined her cabinet colleague George Brandis in claiming the science of climate change is not yet settled.

'Walking in the other direction': Turnbull's climate retreat

Peter Hannam   While the PM made bold comments about Australia's climate stance at the Paris climate summit, the policies have been lacking in the months since.

'Palmer' law protects Qld from expensive clean-up

Amy Remeikis   Queensland's 'Clive Palmer legislation' protects state from massive clean-up bills.

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ACT environment commissioner Kate Auty hits out at federal climate response

Clare Colley   Both sides of federal politics are ignoring public interest in the environment and climate change at their own peril in the lead up to the election, the ACT's new environment commission Kate Auty says.

Plastic bag ban to stem 'toxic tide': inquiry

Lucy Cormack   Australia needs bans on plastic bags, microbeads and container deposit schemes, a senate inquiry has recommended.

Professor Kate Auty appointed ACT's environment commissioner

Victoria's former Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Kate Auty will take up the role in the ACT next month two years after quitting the Victorian post.

Brandis questions climate change science

Attorney-General George Brandis has questioned the science of climate change, saying he's not "at all" convinced it is settled.

'Worse things in store': Steaming hot world sets temperature records

Peter Hannam   The Earth sizzled in March with the most unusually warm month in history as average land surface temperatures easily exceeded levels deemed by scientists to constitute dangerous climate change.