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After years of cuts, Victorians with solar panels will see an increase in what they are paid for the energy they feed into the power grid.

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There is about 10 per cent less sea ice in Antarctica this year than the previous record minimum - a stunning reversal after new highs were set in 2014.

The owner of a dog that was killed by a shark at a popular off-leash beach in Sydney's south said he was traumatised after watching his pet being pulled under the water just metres from the shore.

Sydney could almost double its rain so far this year in just a week, with wet conditions not unlike an east coast low developing offshore.

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has received an email requesting a loan for a 900 megawatt coal plant with carbon capture and storage.

Brisbane-based Qantas engineers have spent the best part of the past month installing sensitive atmospheric monitoring sensors on a Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330 in a bid to fill a major gap in global climate research.

ACT Parks and Conversation will introduce a new strain of the calicivirus and expect it will wipe out up to 40 per cent of pest rabbits.

Huge mudslides from November's earthquakes have wiped out all organisms living in the seabed of the Kaikoura Canyon, which used to be a hotbed of life.

The state government is confident radioactive waste from 60 cow carcasses buried at a Werribee development site have not contaminated the wider area.

Australia's politicians need to ask people what energy future they want, not decide for them.

Restricting the amount of greenery growing beside the state's waterways will have a detrimental effect on the environment while failing to meet its goal of reducing bushfire threats, top waterway ecosystem scientists have warned.

The sodden and cool tail of February belies the record-breaking summer, with autumn also likely to be unusually warm.

Drone vision of great white shark lurking near unsuspecting surfers emerges

Parts of the Great Barrier Reef are enduring periods of heat stress worse than during last year's record-breaking coral bleaching event.

Scientists are criticising the Australian government for its plan to unleash herpes on carp.

Inna Braverman hopes the Australian coastline could soon be transformed by wave converters hanging off breakwaters, jetties, wharves and piers, alongside the rods and legs of hopeful fishermen.

If you were hoping for a sunny end to a scorching summer, think again.

The final weekend of the Australian summer looks all set to be an absolute scorcher with Perth expecting a hot and sunny day on Saturday with the mercury rising to 40 degrees.

The Victorian government is demanding the operator of Australia's main electricity grid explain how the state came close to losing electricity during the recent extreme heatwave to ensure NSW avoided power outages, adding to calls for a wider inquiry.

A former dog breeder from Sydney's north-west has been found guilty of animal cruelty after officers found five dead dogs in freezers on his property and others living in "grotesque" conditions.

A new wave of solar energy is about to crest and it won't just be households benefiting.

Six ocean hot spots that teem with the biggest mix of species are also getting hit hardest by global warming and industrial fishing, a study has found.

There is a mysterious hole in Lake Berryessa in California. It is not a supernatural whirlpool, a demon's mouth or a portal into hell or a fourth dimension. The creepy thing probably won't suck you into it either.

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I'll give it to you cold. Electricity prices are going up.

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Ballarat and Bendigo faced losing electricity during the recent great eastern Australian heatwave so NSW could avoid power cuts, underscoring the parlous state of the country's grid.

Environmental groups want more time to consider the impacts of Santos' Narrabri CSG project that will include as many as 850 wells, producing more than 100 tonnes of waste salt alone per day.

When a goanna made a surprise appearance at the Mimosa Winery's restaurant one peaceful afternoon, a French waitress quickly took control of the situation. 

Canberrans who were sick of the sweltering heat may have found themselves hugging the doona on Tuesday morning.

Caltex Australia has been fined $400,000 and ordered to pay court costs for an uncontrolled fuel discharge at its Port Botany terminal.

Four newborn kittens have been dumped in a McDonald's bag inside one of its Tasmanian restaurants.