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October 2015 was the hottest on record for that month, and Tasmania had its driest ever spring.
Across the globe, extreme heat events are linked with climate change, although El Niño provided a boost in 2015 leading to more records being broken.
The two countries share huge marine resources and opportunities. At the same time both face increasing challenges to their oceans and coastal regions from climate change and over-exploitation.
Free range, sow stall free - you’ll find a number of different types of ham on the market this Christmas. But what do they mean?
While Trump’s more extreme campaign promises may not eventuate, substantive changes in how the US engages with the world on environmental, and many other, issues are likely.
Electricity bills are set to rise further for households. But it’s just because power stations are closing.
Qantas’s new non-stop route from Perth to London might be a watershed for travel times between Australia and Europe. But super-long-haul routes won’t do much to cut aviation’s greenhouse emissions.
Since 1992, an area of land two-thirds the size of Australia has been converted to human use.
Are giraffes really facing extinction? The decline of these beloved animals - and many others – has been hidden in plain sight as Africa builds ever more roads, railways and cities.
Bigger houses take more energy to build them, and use more energy.
Improvements in knowledge and control methods mean eradicating the Australian invasion is challenging, but still potentially feasible.
The electricity network can be used proactively to meet Australia’s climate and renewable energy targets.
Methane concentrations in the atmosphere are growing at a faster rate than any time in the past 20 years.
We are only just starting to appreciate the full sexual diversity of animals.
Why is everyone talking about ‘emissions intensity’ schemes this week?
Now that our rooftop solar industry has matured, we need to reconsider the purpose of feed-in tariffs and align them with our goals for the electricity system in the future.
Shark nets are controversial, which is why the New South Wales government is investigating a host of other ways to keep humans and sharks apart – some more tried and tested than others.
There is no doubt that 2016 has been a record-breaking year for the Earth’s climate.
The food we eat is responsible for almost a third of our global carbon footprint.
Ten years ago on Saturday Prime Minister John Howard announced the Coalition government would investigate an emissions trading scheme to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The possible axing of the Green Army, which aimed to put thousands to work tending conservation projects, leaves many questions unanswered - the biggest being the reason for the sudden retreat.
Australia’s arid grasslands are being invaded - by native shrubs and trees.
For a long time it was not believed that animals were even capable of feeling pain, let alone complex emotions. We now know that is far from the truth.
Shark nets seem like they should reduce shark attacks. But as these events are so rare and variable anyway, proving it statistically is no mean feat.