Extreme weather
Brisbane transport delayed as thick fog covers city
Morning commuters warned to prepare for delays as services are held back and visibility is limited.
- by Amy Mitchell-Whittington
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Extreme weather
Hills ablaze near Manchester as bushfire rages for fourth day
Britain is sweating through one of its hottest and driest summers on record.
- by Palko Karasz
Global warming
Study of reefs reveals benefits of keeping global warming in check
Keeping global temperature increases to the lower end of Paris climate accord would make a dramatic difference to severity of coral bleaching, a study finds.
- by Peter Hannam
USA
Thousands flee as winds fan growing California wildfires
Authorities ordered people to evacuate all homes in the Spring Valley area, where about 3000 people live, as wind whipped up wildfires.
Science
It's been 30 years since the first alarm on global warming was sounded
Scientific predictions have largely been on target since there were made in 1988, except the expectation that politicians would listen, and act.
- by Peter Hannam
Extreme weather
'Looking brilliant': Ideal weather descends on alpine resorts
Clear skies, light winds and the deepest snow pack this early in the season for almost two decades make the next few days the perfect time to hit the slopes.
- by Peter Hannam
South-east Queensland
South-east Queensland is droughtier and floodier than we thought
Records of the past 1,500 years of flows in the Brisbane River has revealed that south-east Queensland’s climate is highly variable.
- by The Conversation
Brisbane
Queensland turns winter wonderland during record-breaking winter week
Thursday will be a dark day in Queensland as we reach the shortest day of the year, with 10 hours and 24 minutes of daylight expected.
- by Toby Crockford
Weather
Warming Pacific 'primed' for possible El Nino forming by this spring
Farmers beware: a build-up of warm water in the eastern Pacific has lifted the odds for an El Nino forming late this spring, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
- by Peter Hannam
'Wild and woolly': Victoria set to cop a battering, snow on the way
The weather bureau has issued a severe weather warning for parts of the state and says 50-100 centimetres of snow could fall in alpine regions.
- by Simone Fox Koob & Melissa Cunningham
Onlookers ogle slow-moving tornado in Wyoming
A tornado that took its time roaring across a sparsely populated area of Wyoming caused quite a few "oohs" and "ahhs" as well as some damage.