The extreme weather conditions and 80,000 lightning strikes that thrust South Australia into darkness last week was extraordinary enough; the disingenuous debate it sparked about Australia's changing energy system has been something else again.
Victorian Energy Minister has accused Josh Frydenberg of calling a meeting with a flimsy agenda as political cover.
Victoria's dirtiest power station will be switched off permanently as early as April next year, with more than 1000 jobs in the Latrobe Valley under threat.
The US space agency is taking images from 8.5 kilometres up in a specially equipped jet to gain a better understanding of what humans are doing to the largest living thing on Earth.
Landslides triggered along the Great Ocean Road, prompting evacuations and school closures.
A "fair share" of the country's allowable carbon emissions will soon be burnt through, a think tank says.
Australia is set to triple its large-scale solar energy capacity as costs dive almost to those of wind farms.
High-profile members of the federal government's Climate Change Authority have launched a stinging critique of their colleagues, accusing them of giving "untrue and dangerous" advice that ignores what science demands.
The first major hurricane threatening a direct hit on the United States in more than 10 years has lashed Florida after killing at least 478 people in Haiti on its destructive march through the Caribbean.
If you have just had the biggest failure in the history of Australia's electricity market it makes sense to bring those responsible for it together to talk.
As it ploughed up the coast, Hurricane Matthew largely spared South Florida on Thursday but cut a razor-thin path that threatened to make history: the first major hurricane on record to strike Central Florida's east coast.
The death toll from the deadly storm nears 300 in the Caribbean and is barrelling towards the United States.
A new study finds that great apes show some key abilities to see the world from someone else's point of view - a trait that once was considered uniquely human.
As Hurricane Matthew makes its way up the Florida coast, forecasters now predict that the storm will go into the Atlantic and slam back into Florida.
The Paris climate accord negotiated last year has been ratified by enough countries for it to go into force, but Australia has missed out on being part of the historic moment.
If you have been itching for the hot weather to really set in, the time has come.
The combination of strong winds reaching nearly 100 kilometres an hour and ground sodden with weeks of rain contributed to dozens of trees being uprooted across Canberra on Tuesday.
Gale force winds with gusts of up to 100 km per hour have ripped through parts of NSW leaving up to 10,000 homes and businesses without power.
Logging native forests must be a front in the culture wars, because it's not economic.
The hail storm that pelted Melbourne has cleared in time for commuters heading home during peak hour.
Another whale has been caught in a shark net off the Gold Coast, with rescue teams on the way in an attempt to rescue the calf.
As far as congregations go, there would be few as unquestioning as this one.
As Hurricane Matthew's outer bands began pounding Jamaica and southwest Haiti on Monday, the long-term forecast for Florida took a bleak turn.
In the Facebook video that he claimed to have shot, Todd Orr's face was covered in blood. "Yeah, life sucks in bear country," the 50-year-old said.
The United Nations has called for the shutdown of all legal domestic ivory markets as it looks to combat poaching and put pressure on countries that continue to trade in elephant tusks.
South Africa's Kruger National Park is littered in places with the trunks of trees uprooted and stripped of bark by a surging population of elephants, a frequent sight in the reserve.
Today presents an opportunity for humanity as a whole to reflect on the relationship we have with the animal kingdom.
Hurricane Matthew is set to bring 230km/h winds to Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica.
The state government will deploy extra resources to prevent shark attacks along northern NSW beaches after 17-year-old Cooper Allen was bitten last week.
Sydneysiders are bracing for more wind on Monday following a gusty weekend.
The first ever comprehensive study into the sale of ivory and rhino horn in Australian and New Zealand auction houses has found trade of the product still takes place.
Zoological Society alarmed by new bill that abandons protection for three-quarters of native animals.
More than 246 properties evacuated, 97 flood rescues, 181 families stranded on islands, and tens of millions of dollars in losses to local businesses throughout central NSW. That is the human, emotional and economic toll of a flood that was in some ways, man made.
Residents in low lying areas of Condobolin ordered to evacuate within the next 24 hours.
European Union countries on Friday agreed to fast-track joint ratification of the Paris accord to combat climate change, pushing the landmark global pact to the brink of reality.
In all 181 families have now been isolated after the biggest floods in decades hit the central-west of NSW, with no road access, limited communications and dwindling supplies.
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