US president Barack Obama and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop hail the landmark accord reached in Paris as a "pivotal moment" and the best chance to save the planet from the effects of climate change. More
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In the United States, hacktivists are racing to save critical climate science data they fear will be erased by the new Trump administration. Michael Vincent reports. More
In the United States, hacktivists are racing to save critical climate science data they fear will be erased by the new Trump administration. Michael Vincent reports. More
Jeremy Fernandez speaks to former US Republican Congressman Bob Inglis about the potential changes to climate science policy under Donald Trump's administration. More
A team of international scientists is hoping to discover whether meltwater is speeding up the disintegration of the Antarctic's glaciers. More
The Turnbull government is looking at increasing the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax in a move to garner some extra revenue ahead of the release of the Federal Budget in May. More
Australia's chief scientific research organisation has launched a fierce defence of plans to release a herpes virus into the nation's… More
The population of the endangered Carnaby's Black Cockatoo has been dwindling for decades, but there are now fears the number of remai… More
In the last 30 years, half of the world's coral reefs have been destroyed, according to the Ocean Agency. Their new global initiative… More
The botanical equivalent of Noah's Ark has been updated to include tens of thousands more plant species. The Global Seed Vault on the… More