'Do I want plastics for dinner?' Impact of plastic pollution revealed
More than half the world's turtles and two-thirds of some bird species along Australia's east coast are being found to have ingested plastics as the toll from pollution mounts.
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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.
'Quite shocking': Extreme heatwave days hitting poorer nations harder
Poor countries have contributed the least to human-induced climate change but are already being affected more than richer ones.
The continent that climate change has not forgotten
Antarctic Bottom Water is a thing, and it's one worth getting into the discussion about the consequences of climate change.
Heavy rainfall warning extended to Sydney as Tasman low forms
Rsk of heavy rainfall and even flash flooding stretches all the way down the coast from Gosford to the Victorian border.
NSW Greens call for end to thermal coal mining within a decade
NSW should place a cap on the amount of thermal coal it can mine and plan an orderly phase-out of the industry within a decade to do its bit to avoid catastrophic climate change, NSW Greens say.
Sydney summer smashes 157-year record
Sydney's record-breaking weather juggernaut rolls on, with summer confirmed as the city's hottest for both days and nights over records stretching back 157 years.
Antarctic sea ice 'obliterates' previous record in remarkable reversal
There is about 10 per cent less sea ice in Antarctica this year than the previous record minimum.
Australia's carbon emissions jump as coal-fired power ramps up
Australia's greenhouse gas pollution jumped in 2015-16 as coal use continued to rise after the scrapping of the carbon price, making it harder to meet its emissions targets.
'Almost monsoonal' rainfall to drench Sydney region
The wet conditions are not unlike an east coast low developing offshore.
Soggy end to summer masks another season of heat records for Sydney
The sodden and cool tail of February belies the record-breaking summer, with autumn also likely to be unusually warm.
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