Environment
Opinion
Renewables
Green is the new black: how renewables and storage will replace coal
What the community really needs is for government and industry to get on with building Australia’s future energy system.
- by Lachlan Blackhall
Latest
Extreme weather
Temperatures on track for 5-degree rise by 2100 after another hot year
This year is on course to be the fourth hottest year on record, trailing only the three previous years, as rising levels of greenhouse gases warm the planet, the World Meteorological Organisation said.
- by Peter Hannam
Extreme weather
Great Barrier Reef bleaching risks rise with huge Queensland heatwave
The record-breaking heatwave now roasting Cooktown and much of north Queensland has authorities bracing for what would be the third mass coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef in four summers.
- by Peter Hannam
Illness
Mental health added to impact of climate change as global damage grows
Rising temperatures are leading to increased levels of stress, worsening anxiety and depression, and even suicide in the most extreme cases in Australia.
- by Peter Hannam
Weather
'A sense of deja-vu': Storm stoked fears of another disastrous king tide
For some Collaroy beach residents, a repeat of a disastrous 2016 king tide is 'always on their minds' - and Wednesday's storm had them keeping a close watch.
- by Laura Chung
Weather
'Hot days and sticky nights' with forecasts for a long, hot summer in city
As Melbourne and Victoria move out of one of the driest springs on record, the Bureau of Meteorology has warned worse is yet to come.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Weather
Sydney's 'one-in-100-year' storm causes $10 million in damages: insurers
Sydney is in mop-up mode after a storm poured more than 100mm of rain across the city on Wednesday.
- by Sarah Keoghan
Wildlife
Perth and Peel Cocky numbers stabilise
This year's great cocky count found numbers of the iconic WA bird had stabilised.
- by staff writers
Extreme weather
'Some of the worst I've seen': Sydney has wettest November day since 1984
Three people died, two police officers were injured and Sydney's transport system shut down as wet weather tore through Sydney.
- by Ben Weir, Rachel Clun & Jenny Noyes
Extreme weather
El Nino weather conditions likely to form by February
The last El Nino weather pattern occurred in 2015-2016 and caused weather-related crop damage, fires and flash floods.
- by Stephanie Nebehay