Environment
Thousands of kilometres of Australia's beaches at risk from rising seas
More than 12,000 kilometres of Australia's sandy beaches are threatened by coastal erosion by the end of the century, with greater losses predicted if greenhouse gas emissions remain high.
- by Peter Hannam
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Weather
Sydney could face longer summer period
A new report has revealed that Sydney has almost a month more of summer than it did in the 1960s.
Extreme weather
Summers are starting earlier, finishing later and winter is in retreat
Our hottest season is not like the one many of us grew up with and is placing infrastructure under major strain.
- by Peter Hannam
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Bushfires
'Teetering on the brink': Half a billion dollars sought to aid wildlife recovery
Conservation efforts in NSW to stop more species becoming extinct in the wake of this season's unparalleled bushfires require more than half a billion dollars over the coming four years.
- by Peter Hannam
Rubbish
'He really struck a chord': Clean Up Australia going strong after 30 years
When Pip Kiernan's father Ian organised a community rubbish-collecting day called Clean Up Sydney Harbour 31 years ago, he was worried that nobody would come.
- by Matt Bungard
Gas
NSW's CSG inquiry finds most recommendations ignored
A parliamentary inquiry into the coal seam gas industry has found that just two of 16 recommendations for the controversial industry have been implemented more than five years after the Chief Scientist made them.
- by Peter Hannam
Extreme weather
Australia's hot, smoky summer comes to a soggy end in Sydney
With just a couple of days to the end of summer, the Harbour City will probably end February with temperatures averaging about 27.3 degrees for the season.
- by Peter Hannam
Opinion
Climate policy
Global finance leaves Australia behind in the march to net-zero emissions
While major global financial institutions declare their exit from coal, Australian politicians dither.
- by John Hewson
Weather
Queensland's Balonne river expected to peak
There are fears of flooding in Queensland as the Balonne river is expected to peak.
Weather
Perth hit by shock weather event
Hail, rain, lightning and floods have struck Perth in a shock weather event.
Environmental protection
Global warming causing 'irreversible' mass melting: scientist
Global warming was leading to an "irreversible" mass melting of the Antarctic ice and purging carbon from the atmosphere was the only solution to slow the process, says a UNSW climate scientist.