Why our fire season has become weeks longer
Australia is already experiencing an increase in extreme conditions - and it's projected to get worse.
Australia is already experiencing an increase in extreme conditions - and it's projected to get worse.
Cutting carbon emissions could generate more than 1 million extra jobs by 2040.
Carbon dioxide concentrations are rising at a record rate,
Outgoing green finance chief Oliver Yates has fired several parting shots at the Turnbull government.
New doubts raised about the effectiveness of the government's centrepiece climate policy.
Take your pick: there's some bizarre weather and climate signals out there.
Nearly 200 nations hammered out a legally binding deal to cut back on greenhouse gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners
Scientists believe a comet hitting the Earth caused global warming 55.6 million years ago, an event that can help us understand climate change today.
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.
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.
The lights were hardly out in South Australia before politicians and lobby groups were staking out their ground in the argument over climate change and renewable energy.
I was scrolling through Instagram when I saw it: a white fuzz ball of a baby seal, snuggling in a snowdrift. You better believe I liked it ... then I read the caption.
Australia's inland plants are among those most likely to be affected by rising temperatures, challenging the concept that the country's weather extremes would make them less susceptible to global warming, a new study has found.
Embattled CSIRO boss has been given another four year to right the science agency.
More than health care, race or the economy, the US president believes his efforts to slow global warming will be the most consequential legacy of his presidency.
Australia is set to triple its large-scale solar energy capacity as costs dive almost to those of wind farms.
A "fair share" of the country's allowable carbon emissions will soon be burnt through, a think tank says.
The most destructive categories of tropical storms to strike the heavily populated regions of east Asia are becoming more intense.
Even Coalition supporters are in favour of using the courts to challenge mining projects, a survey finds.
China's parliament has ratified the Paris agreement on climate change, ahead of its hosting of next week's G20 meeting.
The world's 20 largest economies need to increase their climate commitments, and Australia's not doing its fair share.
The Climate Change Authority has backed off its commitment to assess the implications of the Paris climate accord in a move critics say signals a weakening of its independence.
ACT must continue to lead nation by achieving carbon-neutrality by 2040, environmental groups.
Adani's Carmichael coal mine has cleared another legal hurdle after the Federal Court threw out a challenge against the project.
If the planet started warming earlier than we thought and we are closer to warning levels, scientists find.
Shifting to a low-carbon energy future while maintaining competition and reliability will be a challenge for the new minister.
The climate change-denying senator is creating ripples around the world.
With the chief executive's contract still under a cloud is it time for him to go?
Gridlocked roads might not seem the obvious place to build mini-power plants but one company has different ideas
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