Thousands have abandoned their homes in northern NSW and hundreds of people rescued from floodwaters as the remnants of ex-tropical cyclone Debbie bore down, dumping a staggering amount of rain on the region.
Human societies and a multitude of species are going to be tested by climate change in ways that are barely understood, a new study finds.
If you're wondering why battery storage is still on the fringe of the energy debate in Australia, and also perhaps why power prices are high, just ask Tony Marxsen, the head of the country's energy markets.
The world is 33 months into its biggest recorded coral bleaching event with little sign of it ending, raising the prospect that coral mortality on the Great Barrier Reef will increase "significantly" from the quarter already lost in the past year, scientists say.
What if the biggest government announcement in electricity generation in years was both a great breakthrough and a distraction?
Two resignations from the board of the Climate Change Authority come with criticism of the Turnbull government.
Australia's original climate change-focused think-tank and lobby group will shut after it failed to replace the multi-million-dollar bequest it relied on.
As parts of Australia set heatwave records and the government considered building new coal-fired power stations, the vast continent to the south last week quietly marked a milestone.
After years of failed promises, Victoria is on the cusp of getting its first large-scale solar power stations.
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.
The creation of a long-mooted national park on Melbourne's fringe could create up to 750 jobs by turning the area into an eco-tourism hub, an analysis has found.
Sydney has marked its hottest ever month, with extended warm spells setting records at all metropolitan sites.
Victoria and NSW have been warned they could follow South Australia in being hit by electricity blackouts in years ahead unless Canberra comes up with a bipartisan national plan to deal with energy and climate change.
Energy giant lodges its long-delayed application to develop the controversial Narrabri coal seam gas project.
Claims of a cover-up as a plant lost for two centuries turns up on a development site.
Coal mining in Sydney's water catchment could prove an early test for new Premier Gladys Berejiklian
Do big investments in solar energy point to a different future for the oil-rich nations of the Middle East?
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.
NSW floods continue to wreak havoc, with new evacuation orders expected later on Saturday.
Japan's whaling fleet has returned from its Antarctic hunt in the name of scientific research with 333 minke whales, despite international criticism.
Torrential rain has flooded towns and cities in northern NSW, with fears lives have been lost.
Sydney copped almost triple the usual rainfall in March and the sodden conditions are likely to extend well into April, the Bureau of Meteorology predicts.
The widespread flooding in northern NSW has prompted the Insurance Council of Australia to add the region to its catastrophe declaration in the wake of Cyclone Debbie.
The Vatican has urged US President Donald Trump to listen to "dissenting voices" and reconsider his position on climate change, saying the United States risked losing its environmental protection leadership to China.
A fanged coral reef fish that disables it rivals by delivering a dose of heroin-like venom could one day cure your pain, researchers say.
Sydney is in for a sodden end to what is likely to be its wettest March in 42 years as a strong cold front bumps into the remnants of powerful ex-tropical Cyclone Debbie.
Many of us are using charity shops as rubbish dumps. It's not OK.
For years, the United States pushed China to commit to limiting its fossil fuel use. The countries now look likely to switch roles.
For those who chase severe storms the thrill of the chase is tempered by danger.
As the giant Hazelwood coal plant turns off the last of its units, the national electricity grid manager has sought to reassure the public it is taking steps to ensure the lights stay on when demand soars next summer.
Sydney and coastal regions are in for their share of wild weather as an arriving cold front meets the remnant tropical low from Cyclone Debbie.
Queensland begins mopping up after Cyclone Debbie hit the coast, cutting a path of destruction and the ex-tropical storm isn't done yet.
No matter what the US president does, the physics and chemical impacts of burning coal, oil and gas are uncontroversial.
The film focuses on events from flooding in Miami and the Philippines, the worst drought on record in Syria, to air pollution so bad in some parts of China that life expectancy has declined by six years.
Spiders are quite literally all around us. A recent entomological survey of North Carolina homes turned up spiders in 100 per cent of them, including 68 per cent of bathrooms and more than three-quarters of bedrooms.
Latest on the category 4 storm as it heads for the north Queensland near Bowen.
A juvenile shark has been rescued and returned to the sea after it was found in ocean baths in Sydney's northern beaches.
When it comes to climate change, sitting on the sidelines is no longer an option, writes renowned scientist David Suzuki, with co-author Ian Hannington.
The NSW coalition government is failing on most of its environmental policies, robbing a key climate fund to bankroll land-clearing and leaving marine regions unprotected, according to eight green groups.
Emergency services in Canberra received 24 calls for help on Monday night as a thunderstorm heading east faced its last moments.
It's the storm surge not the wind that poses the main risk for residents living in Debbie's path.
A study has shown that three-quarters of antiques dealers admit being aware of illegal trading, knowing colleagues or auctioneers who sell modern ivory by passing it off under the guise of still-legal pre-1947 artefacts.
She now tops 45 kilograms, meaning her days of napping on her human caretakers' laps are dwindling.
The Greens are pushing for a new public authority to take responsibility for Australia's beleaguered electricity system out of politicians' hands.
Clouds have fascinated and frightened shepherds and seafarers alike and now modern-day weather geeks have a new event to celebrate – the first updated international cloud atlas in six decades.
March has not just been great weather for ducks - but also for mushroom pickers.
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