Latest environment news
'Very high mortality' for northern corals
Peter Hannam 12:46 PM Half the corals in reefs off the far north Queensland coast killed by bleaching, says Marine Park Authority official.
Direct Action auction spends up big on trees
Tom Arup 3:34 PM More than half a billion dollars has been spent in the latest auction under the Turnbull government's direct action climate change policy, with the vast majority of the money committed to tree projects.
Coalition MPs eye green groups' tax breaks
Tom Arup Donations to major environment groups such as Greenpeace, the Wilderness Society and Friends of the Earth could be stripped of their tax deductible status under sweeping changes put forward by members of the Turnbull government.
Greens reveal their bargaining chip
Peter Hannam The Greens have ambitious plans around energy storage and will use budget negotiations to advance the latest breakthroughs in renewables.
'It's definitely unusually warm for this time of year'
Peter Hannam There's no early sign of an end to what's beginning to feel like an endless summer for Sydney.
'Hasty and ill-advised' CSIRO cuts: Senate report
Peter Hannam CSIRO should halt the implementation of deep job cuts including to climate science programs until a "thorough review" of the process, a Senate committee investigating the agency found.
La Nina can't come fast enough
Peter Hannam 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.
Land clearing: 'This is not Queensland'
Sean Nicholls, Peter Hannam The NSW government has defended land-clearing laws that will give greater flexibility to farmers.
San Andreas Fault 'locked, loaded and ready to roll'
Rong-Gong Lin II 3:53 PM Southern California's section of the San Andreas Fault is primed for a major earthquake a leading earthquake scientist has told the National Earthquake Conference.
It's the next emancipation movement, says Party for the Animals leader
Steve Jacobs Public awareness of the legalised abuse of animals has resulted in the development of a fierce global movement to represent the interests of animals in politics.
The biggest threat of climate change in the water, or lack of it
Chris Mooney A lack of water will knock down food production and economic growth in China, India, the Middle East, Africa and large population areas, a new report says.
'Massive' eagle snatched Australian police officer's adopted joey
Ben Guarino A young kangaroo named Cuejoe was hopping around under the watchful eye of police officer Scott Mason when the predator struck.
'Bombshell' finding that most land-clearing goes undetected
Peter Hannam 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'
Peter Hannam 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.
SUPER & FUNDS
How green is your super?
John Collett 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
Jonathan Pearlman 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
Clare Colley A severe storm warning for the ACT has been cancelled as high winds, caused by a cold front moving through southeastern NSW, ease.
Labor's missing renewables billion
Peter Hannam 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.
Cash for cans: NSW MPs make video appeal
Kirsty Needham 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
Megan Dennis JCU scientists change ant brains to make aggressive ants more calm, and chilled-out ants cranky.
Australia's 'perilous' water future
Peter Hannam Drought and climate change have already had an impact, and worse is to come.
Anglers worried about national park 4WD use
Stephen Jeffery 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
Peter Hannam Sydney is in for a relatively damp and dull weekend, briefly snapping the city's spell of sunny and dry mid-autumn days.
The thin blue line that is scaring scientists
Peter Hannam 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.
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
Katie Burgess A warmer winter and more of the wet stuff is on the way.
Scare campaign over climate policy kicks off
Peter Hannam 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
Peter Hannam Scientists had been expecting this for decades. Now the evidence is emerging.
'A big thumping electricity tax'
Michael Koziol 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.