Environment
Cicada emerging from shell timelapse
A cicada emerges from its shell at Burralow Creek near Yarramundi. Video: Wolter Peeters
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National weather forecast for Friday October 20
Brisbane, party cloudy and top of 27 degrees. Sydney, a possible shower and 22. Canberra, partly cloudy and a top of 20 degrees.
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Sale of dinosaur skeleton angering scientists
The sale of a T-Rex fossil for $44 million is angering scientists.
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National weather forecast for Monday, October 19, 2020
Early showers expected on the east coast, mostly sunny in Adelaide, grey skies in Hobart, sunshine on the west coast with Perth headed for a high of 27.
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National weather forecast for Sunday October 18, 2020
National weather forecast for Sunday October 18, 2020
Energy
The world's leading energy adviser has turned a shade green
This year, for the first time, the International Energy Agency has indicated how the daily habits of the world's population might help fight climate change.
- by Nick O'Malley
Biodiversity
'Unacceptable': Timber battles resume in fire-hit South Coast forests
State-owned Forestry Corp has been accused of committing the same logging breaches in a bushfire-hit South Coast forest that triggered a lengthy stop work orders by the environmental regulator.
- by Peter Hannam
Biodiversity
Nature-starved Melburnians yearn for green spaces
The pandemic lockdowns have enhanced the value of nature for Melbournians and increased their support for new national parks, according to new polling.
- by Miki Perkins
Biodiversity
Alarm raised over logging near 'Lazarus' frog
Environmentalists have raised the alarm over logging near the habitat of a rare frog in East Gippsland that was long thought extinct until it was rediscovered five years ago.
- by Miki Perkins
Weather
National weather forecast for Saturday October 17, 2020
National weather forecast for Saturday October 17, 2020
Biodiversity
'Devastating blow': Long-running bird conservation program at risk, volunteers say
A NSW coastal shorebird conservation program faces collapse after the Berejiklian government cut funding for its paid staffer, according to volunteers.
- by Peter Hannam