Environment
Sydney set for coldest March morning in 15 years this weekend
It may have only just ticked into autumn, but Sydneysiders will be reaching for their winter coats this Sunday as temperatures plummet, marking possibly the coldest March day in 15 years.
- by Matt Bungard
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Biodiversity
Frogs face mass destruction from imported disease: ANU scientists
The pandemic ripping through populations of frogs, toads and other amphibians.
- by Steve Evans
Extreme weather
'Great concern': world meteorology agency reports bad climate tidings
The world's ocean heat content reached a record high last year and extreme weather events affected the lives of about 62 million people, displacing more than 2 million of them, the World Meteorological Organisation said.
- by Peter Hannam
Biodiversity
Canberra waterways - and platypus - suffer under record temperatures
Poorer water quality may have driven Canberra's celebrated platypus to Lake Burley Griffin.
- by Steve Evans
Recycling
Australia faces deepening recycling crisis as India bans plastic waste imports
India will stop taking Australia's plastic rubbish a year after China’s drastic restrictions sparked a national recycling crisis. So where will we send our plastic bottles?
- by Jewel Topsfield
Coal
'Peak coal in sight' as new power stations drop and retirements jump
The global pace of new construction of power stations is slowing while retirement of ageing plants is accelerating, placing the world on track for "peak coal" capacity within a couple of years.
- by Peter Hannam
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Wildlife
Deadbeat dad replaced by feather duster as zoo rescues orphaned chicks
It's Australia's most important bird with fewer than 1000 left in the wild. So zookeepers were 'over the moon' when their plains-wanderer population doubled this week.
- by Joe Hinchliffe
Good Weekend
Why are insects dying in such numbers?
It's been dubbed the bugalypse – study after study rolling in from countries across the globe pointing to dramatic declines in insect populations.
- by Greg Callaghan
NSW Votes
Factories planned for a section of 'the lungs of Sydney's west'
A region of western Sydney set aside 15 years ago by former Labor premier Bob Carr as permanent parkland is to be turned into a factory site.
- by Peter Hannam
Extreme weather
'Dangerous' cyclones to soak and batter Australia's north
Twin severe tropical cyclones will hammer northern Australia over the weekend, smashing ecosystems and potentially leaving a hefty repair bill from damaging winds, storm surges and flooding.
- by Peter Hannam
Opinion
High school
Tahlia believed she had no future. And then came learning, hands on
Tahlia Heinrich could see nothing but failure for herself in school, and refused to attend. Then she was saved by a simple but revolutionary program.
- by Tony Wright