Global warming
Judge sides with young in first-of-its-kind US climate change trial
The ruling adds to a small number of legal decisions around the world that have established a government duty to protect citizens from climate change.
- by Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson
Latest
Sweden’s bold plan to build a new ‘city’ out of wood
The southern suburbs of Stockholm are about to become a beacon of wooden architecture on a global scale.
- by Rob Harris
Coral bleaching alert for Great Barrier Reef as hot summer looms
This summer is forecast to be hot and dry, raising the risk of marine heatwaves that drive coral bleaching and biodiversity losses in the Great Barrier Reef.
- by Mike Foley
Opinion
Europe
We used to laugh at the northern hemisphere’s ‘summer’. Not any more
The hellscape of southern Europe’s summer has got people rethinking where they will take their holidays.
- by Lee Tulloch
Labor accused of propping up gas projects with carbon pollution permits
The government says its bill is needed to regulate international trade and storage of carbon pollution, while the Greens say it throws a lifeline to gas projects.
- by Mike Foley
Brisbane burns with envy as Sydney sizzles its way into record books
It might have felt unseasonably warm in Brisbane lately, but Sydney is the city breaking July weather records.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Antarctica is missing sea ice and scientists don’t know why
CSIRO Fellow and Research Team Leader Dr Steve Rintoul said while there is some annual variation in ice coverage, this year’s records are the lowest in the 40 years since records started.
- by Laura Chung
Australia gains reprieve on threat to Great Barrier Reef World Heritage status
UNESCO says Australia’s upgraded climate and environmental commitments mean the Great Barrier Reef should retain its World Heritage status – at least for the next year.
- by Mike Foley
Record July heat prompts dire warning: Act now ‘or we all scorch and fry’
The warmest temperatures for tens of thousands of years are prompting yet more calls from experts for urgent action on climate.
- by Nick O'Malley
Crucial global climatic system could face tipping point in two years
As the northern hemisphere swelters through historic heatwaves and Antarctic sea ice disappears, scientists fear a major climatic system could collapse as soon as 2025.
- by Nick O'Malley
Murray-Darling $13b rescue indefinitely delayed: Plibersek warns states to act now
The environment minister said the plan would not meet its July 2024 plan to restore the basin as she warned of looming environmental disaster.
- by Mike Foley