Climate change
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EPA administrator declared an end to the government’s ‘war’ on coal in a speech to miners – an agenda that has been bitterly opposed by agency staff
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After record rains caused $3bn worth of damage, Peru must build infrastructure to prepare for any more extreme climate events in the future
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Perú debe construir infraestructura para resistir al clima extremo después de que lluvias causaran daños de $3 billones
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Country diary: Sandy, Bedfordshire Climate change has boosted the songbirds’ advance northwards, and they seem to fill every copse
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Reflecting the sun saves a building’s energy but it can also affect surrounding temperatures and offset carbon emissions
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This spiralling, three-dimensional coral maze is bleached for the second year in a row, but it can recover – if we act immediately
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Australia’s Climate Council calls for further action to protect reefs, saying they support 500 million people in 50 countries
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Weatherwatch Research shows the era remembered for its frost fairs on the Thames may need a rethink
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Scientists say two consecutive bleaching events will have a devastating effect, and the reef faces other threats as well
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Heatwaves could be deadly for many Australian apartment dwellers if the grid fails, so architects are coming up with ways to manage temperatures passively
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The big lie propagated by government and big business is that it is possible to turn things around for the reef without tackling global warming
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Aerial surveys conducted in late 2016 and early 2017 show the reef has suffered severe coral bleaching for the second year in a row
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Governor announces end to the historic drought, yet water conservation is far from finished as state tries to build climate change resilience
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It’s either Adani or the Great Barrier Reef. Are we willing to fight for a wonder of the world?
Jeff SparrowClimate change has essentially become a class struggle. That’s why it now seems depressingly likely we’ll see the reef slowly dying before our eyes
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Former Barrier Reef authority director Jon Day says the idea such an approach would save the reef from bleaching is ‘ridiculous’
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About 450 icebergs – up from 37 a week earlier – have drifted into waters where Titanic sank, forcing vessels to divert and raising global warming fears
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On a journey through northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, Warren Murray meets locals contending with the aftermath of Cyclone Debbie
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John Hewson and Simon Holmes à Court join Australia Institute’s call for changes to lower prices and emissions and improve security
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US defence expert warns people fleeing low-lying Pacific islands a precursor to ‘climate-exacerbated water insecurities’ that could trigger wider conflict
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A bonfire of public protections is being lit in Britain and in the United States – and the beneficiaries of it will be the very rich
Climate Consensus - the 97% New study shows worrisome signs for Greenland ice