Heat roller coaster headed for Sydney in year's first burst of warmth
Sydney will get its first burst of summer heat in 2017 starting from the weekend, as dreary conditions make way for the sun.
Peter Hannam is Environment Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald. He covers broad environmental issues ranging from climate change to renewable energy for Fairfax Media.
Sydney will get its first burst of summer heat in 2017 starting from the weekend, as dreary conditions make way for the sun.
Australia posted its fourth-hottest year in 2016, driven by record sea-surface temperatures around the nation, in a period marked by frequent extreme events, the Bureau of Meteorology said.
Evidence the earth saw a slowdown in global warming over the past couple of decades has been further eroded
This year was Sydney's hottest year even without massive heatwaves but a monster mid-year storm provided the wildest weather.
Battlelines are being drawn as seaside communities brace for the biggest planning overhaul in decades.
A scorching end to 2016 will ensure Sydney registers its hottest year in more than a century-and-a-half of records.
A blisteringly hot end to 2016 is in store for Sydney and those holidaying up the coast, prompting warnings.
Sydney is headed for a scorching end to 2016 as tropics-like heat and humidity push their way into Australia's south-east.
Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos have been evacuated as a powerful typhoon roars its way across the Philippines.
Baird government approves expansion of one of the biggest coal mines in Sydney's water catchment without knowing its impact.
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