'These impacts may be irreversible': Report reveals alarming reality

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The State of the Environment report, the latest five-year government snapshot, makes for generally dismal reading.

'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.

'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.