CSIRO climate science proves its worth one year after deep cuts
Climate science at the CSIRO is bouncing back one year after executives modelled its demise, securing new revenue streams in the Pacific and China and looking to hire new staff.
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Peter Hannam
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.
Our first weather chart fed a hunger for forecasts that keeps growing
Early colonists thought weather systems moved from east to west.
'We should assume our worst fears will be realised'
"We are all very worried here," Rahmstorf, a professor at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, says.
The health threat that is 'falling through the cracks'
Less than one dollar in a thousand spent on health in Australia goes to one of the biggest threats facing the sector, a new paper finds.
Sydney marks hottest month ever with every site setting records
Sydney has marked its hottest ever month, with extended warm spells setting records at all metropolitan sites.
Santos lodges controversial CSG plans, igniting 'massive battle'
Energy giant lodges its long-delayed application to develop the controversial Narrabri coal seam gas project.
Heat relief arrives in Sydney but it won't last long
Sydney's latest summer heatwave has peaked and temperatures are plummeting - but the relief won't last long as another hot spell will arrive within days.
'Exceptional' heat shows little sign of easing grip on Sydney and NSW
Sydneysiders struggling back to work and school this week are likely to get little early relief - particularly overnight - from the city's record-breaking heat.
Mining plans for Sydney's catchment pose Gladys a 'crucial test'
Coal mining in Sydney's water catchment could prove an early test for new Premier Gladys Berejiklian
Lost and found
Claims of a cover-up as a plant lost for two centuries turns up on a development site.
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