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.
Environment
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.
Lost and found
Claims of a cover-up as a plant lost for two centuries turns up on a development site.
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
Wide Gulf between rhetoric and reality for fossil fuels and renewables
Do big investments in solar energy point to a different future for the oil-rich nations of the Middle East?
Shark!
Have a spate of bites and sightings up and down the NSW coast raised the odds that an attack awaits beachgoers this summer? Peter Hannam investigates.
'Going to be a big day': Heatwave to strain hospitals, power supplies
NSW faces its biggest test of the summer, with soaring temperatures set to drive electricity demand to record levels, strain hospitals, and bring "catastrophic" fire conditions to some areas.
Pangolin meat banquet stirs outrage in China
China has ordered an investigation after online images showed officials holding a lavish banquet of meat from the endangered pangolin, the most trafficked mammal on earth.
Warning of NSW power shortages after soaring temperatures stoke demand
NSW faces potential power shortages during the coming heatwave, prompting the electricity market operator to demand additional supply.
Gecko that looks like a fish until you grab it, then it looks like a naked chicken breast
Newly discovered gecko looks like a fish until you grab it, and then it looks like a naked chicken breast.
'This could be the hottest three days on record'
The most extensive heatwave of the summer is building over inland Australia, setting up Sydney and much of the state for record-tilting heat over the coming weekend.
Hurricane-force Atlantic storm to push North Pole to melting point
A gigantic, powerhouse winter storm is charging through the North Atlantic and threatens to flood the high Arctic with abnormally mild air.
Man struck by lightning and killed as wild weather continues across NSW
A man has been struck by a lightning and killed while battling grassfires in central western NSW, as a series of severe thunderstorms swept across the state and delivered a day of wild weather.
'Never seen anything like it': storms soak Sydney with more to come
A house collapsed, major roads slowed to a crawl, lightning strikes closed the airport and even the Salvation Army needed emergency help as a series of intense thunderstorms drenched many parts of Sydney.
Michael Mann, target of climate deniers, says fake news must be fought
Climate change has long been the target of fake news and its researchers can offer lessons for the wider society in how to handle deliberate misinformation, a leading US scientist said.
Sydney weather: Marrickville unit block threatening to collapse following storms
A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for heavy rainfall and damaging winds across the Sydney metropolitan, Hunter, Illawarra and Central Tablelands districts.
Severe thunderstorms hit Sydney, flash flooding and damaging wind likely
A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for heavy rainfall and damaging winds in the Sydney metropolitan and parts of the Illawarra forecast districts on Tuesday morning in what is expected to be the city's wettest day since late last year.
Sydney sweats through summer without peer as NSW records melt
Sydneysiders to get a couple of days of relief from the abnormal warmth before another tide of heat arrives, all but assuring this summer will be the city's hottest on record.
Sydney heat could break century-old record, before cool change hits
Sydneysiders who tossed and turned their way through yet another stifling night can rest assured: relief is on its way on Monday afternoon.
Sydney sweats through a sweltering Sunday with 120-year record in play
Sydneysiders are sweltering through a hot and sticky Sunday, with temperatures passing the 30-degree mark since 9.30am.
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.
The town that won't cool down
It's 5.40am in Moree, northern NSW, as Ben Adams wakes up and prepares for work.
Canberra sweats through steamy Sunday with hot, blustery week ahead
Canberrans who sweltered through a hot and humid Sunday should brace themselves for an uncomfortably warm night.
Sydney weather: City braces for sweltering Sunday
Sydney prepares for a hot February weekend ahead of what is likely to be another month of sweltering temperatures.
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.
'Clean coal' would push up power bills more than wind, solar or gas: analysts
"Clean coal" plants that the Turnbull government has flagged could get clean energy subsidies are more expensive than solar, wind and gas-fired power and would lead to higher electricity price rises, analysts have warned.
The industry making a huge profit from Sydney's never-ending heat
As the temperature reaches new heights, so does the sale of air conditioners as Sydneysiders seek out cool relief in their homes.
Ill wind blows in energy debate
We should invest in the future, not sink more public money into last century's technologies.
Don't touch renewables, business warns
Australia's top business groups have cautioned the government against making any more changes to the renewable energy target.
Cannibalism is far more common in the animal world than we thought
Once thought to be aberrant behaviour, cannibalism is common in the natural world - and for many species, not necessarily a bad thing.
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.