If Santa really lived at the North Pole his sleigh would run the risk of falling through the ice.

World temperatures are likely to dip next year from a sizzling record high in 2016, when man-made global warming was slightly boosted by a natural El Nino event in the Pacific Ocean, scientists said on Tuesday.

A new power station for south western Victoria will be among the offers to multinational Alcoa when federal and Victorian industry ministers Greg Hunt and Wade Noonan fly to New York on Monday.

The world is a confusing place, fraught with danger and despair. We all want to do the right thing by the planet, but often it's difficult to determine exactly how to do that.

Relief from the heat is just hours away after temperature records tumbled overnight.

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When it comes to climate science, President-elect Donald Trump has been a purveyor of conspiracy theories for years.

A sweaty night that has even bureau staff camping out in tents will make way for another hot day.

Report reveals the growth rate of renewable energy jobs in the ACT is six times higher than any other state or territory.

A 10-fold rise in methane emissions rings fresh alarm bells on the climate front.

Renewable energy can add resiliency to electricity grids and there's no reason why individual states can't set their own goals higher than a national target, says a US industry veteran.

Donald Trump will pick an ardent opponent of President Barack Obama's measures to curb climate change as head of the Environmental Protection Agency - a choice that enraged green activists and cheered the oil industry.

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The irony of the hysterical attack by some MPs is that by ensuring the scheme isn't on the table they are likely to further aggravate the problems they describe in doomsday language.

Victorian govt hires Canberra's 'Mr Renewables' as clean energy advocate

Here's why you should find optimism - but also deep concern - about the major energy trends.

Green Army's demobilisation is just the latest retreat since 2013, ACF says.

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Watch out for some 'taking out the trash' of unhelpful climate news.

State and city governments worldwide are leaving their federal counterparts behind on climate change.

While odd things are happening at both ends of the globe, it's the South Pole that is harder to decipher.

People can fixate on polar bears and say "it's a pity but it doesn't affect me'. They're wrong, a conservation biologist says.

Donald Trump, who called climate change a hoax during his campaign and vowed to pull out of the Paris accord, now says global warming might be real after all.

A threat by the incoming Trump administration to the climate research of US space agency NASA would be disastrous for global efforts to monitor and counter global warming, Australian researchers said.

A senior NASA official has taken the extraordinary step of personally rebuking One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts' claims the agency had falsified key data.

More than 45 countries, mostly developing nations, have said they will switch entirely to renewable energy as soon as possible.

A warming climate means the days of Melbourne's boulevards being lined with exotic elm trees are numbered. Instead, the city's landmark boulevards will be lined with trees that can tolerate the higher temperatures forecast in the future. But don't think that automatically means gum trees.

A "disconnect," between banks, government planning and the insurance industry, is leaving Australian homeowners vulnerable to "climate change foreclosure."

Frog calls that greeted researchers after the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires were robust in number. But genetic testing has revealed they are alarmingly limited in diversity, catching researchers on the hop.

Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry have stabilised for a third year in a row.

Climate models may be underestimating how sensitive the planet is to rising greenhouse gas levels .

A Trump presidency could have serious impacts on Australia's climate science and other research including short-term weather forecasts.