Climate Change

New research out of Aotearoa New Zealand is suggesting the ozone hole may not be recovering as once thought.

West Australians are gearing up for a "very unusual" run of hot November weather, with the temperature tipped to reach the high 30s for the next five days. 

Leading energy modellers forecast temperature rises will be kept within 2C of pre-industrial levels thanks to rapidly advancing clean technologies.

A year on from climate change induced floods, Pakistan is struggling to rebuild.

Across Australia, state and federal governments are offering an array of subsidies, tax breaks and discounts on fees such as registration for electric vehicles. In WA, a rebate of $3,500 is available to buyers of eligible zero-emission cars, but some suggest this support should be extended to two-wheeled EVs.

Her relatives live in Queensland, the Seychelles and New Caledonia, but Paddy the green turtle spent winter in the cold waters of Port Augusta in South Australia. Could warming oceans be why?

From the streets, to the courts, to the halls of power — school strikes may look smaller but students are finding other ways to fight for climate action and a better future.

Leaders in charge of Australia's response to climate change have told an energy summit the country can have "an even bigger impact" by helping the rest of the world decarbonise, as school students around the country fronted up for climate rallies.

Professor David Karoly, who is attending the protest alongside his granddaughter, says the action is an 'opportunity to learn'.

As green energy players are going to greater lengths in a bid to secure support, the French company behind South Australia's massive Goyder renewables project has handed over the nearby Worlds End Gorge as a new SA national park. 

Students will provide 'climate sick notes' signed by leading international climate scientists stating the major climate health concerns are making students unwell.

Japan's ancient tradition of using water birds to collect small sweetfish in local rivers is at risk due to climate change.

Marine scientist Dr Vanessa Pirotta explains the migration patterns and behaviour of pygmy blue whales in Australia.

Dead mutton birds have been washing up along Australia's east coast. Known as a "seabird wreck", researchers say they're becoming more common.

Research shows a change to cars 40 years ago virtually stopped decades of rising toxic gas levels in the Southern Hemisphere, and led to an unintended benefit for the world's climate.

Research published in the Lancet Medical Journal projects a five-fold increase in heat-related deaths within decades if temperatures keep rising at their current rate.

The Federal Treasurer published the Government's vision for a revived Productivity Commission, of which economist Danielle Wood is the new chair.

Two years ago, Gregory Andrews was the high commissioner to West Africa, where he was responsible for promoting Australia's mining interests. Today, he is on the lawns of Parliament House, 14 days into a hunger strike protesting the lack of government action on climate change.

Gabrielle de Vietri posted a selfie in support of a climate protest that caused the Victorian Parliament to be adjourned, in a move some MPs say put them at risk.

Heat-related deaths across the world could increase almost fivefold by the middle of the century, according to a new report by more than 100 researchers.

Researchers in a new study have found that metal pollution around the reef could be interfering with their hormones and upsetting the gender balance amongst the species.

The developing system is the second cyclone of the South Pacific season which only began a fortnight ago. 

Father and son explorers Geoff and Kitale Wilson are exploring the impact of climate change on one of the planet’s most vulnerable environments.

In a NSW first, a Young Mayors program saw 1,400 high-schoolers vote in the first-ever underage preferential vote in the state. The result: these youthful visionaries now have the ear of Wollongong City Council.

Renowned polar explorer Dr Geoff Wilson and his 23-year-old son Kitalé are on a two-year mission to make the world fall in love with polar environments, and document their impacts from climate change.