The Southern Hemisphere’s ozone hole reached 27 million square km this month, making it one of the largest ozone holes on record.

Separate studies claim to show a connection between improved water quality in catchments along Queensland's Great Barrier Reef and farmers changing the way they fertilise their crops.

The first suspected case of a deadly strain of bird flu that has killed millions of birds and mammals worldwide has been found in Western Australia, the federal government has confirmed.

By Gwyn Matthews At the beginning of 2026, Florian Pappenberger, a HEPEX founding member and former co-chair, became Director-General of ECMWF. Florian’s background in hydrology, where working with…

Past El Niño events have coincided with some of the driest, hottest weather on record.

Damning NSW auditor general’s report finds $100m scheme has not delivered a single home or lot since devastating 2022 floods * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Over the next month, Liam Bolitho and Rachel Rouse will remove decking, disconnect their electricity and air conditioners and clear the space underneath their North Lismore home. In July, contractors will chainsaw the couple’s home of 10 years in half and load it into trucks. Then they’ll take the house – among more than 4,000 assessed as uninhabitable after 2022’s devastating floods – to a plot of land above the flood level. Continue reading...

As part of a joint initiative of WSL, Eawag and Agroscope on “Integrated Water Management: Synergies between Flood Protection, Irrigation, and Biodiversity.” we are developing baseline knowledge on mo...

People living in low-lying areas of New Zealand's capital city, Wellington, have been urged to evacuate, as heavy rain continued to drench the city.

Anthropic's Claude Desktop silently installs a Native Messaging bridge into seven Chromium browsers, including browsers Anthropic's own documentation says it does not support, and browsers the user ha...

Media reports have suggested a “super” El Niño is looming. The problem is, these autumn forecasts are notoriously unreliable.

Heading to EGU 2026 Annual General Assembly, either in Vienna or joining online? This guide will help you get the most out of the week. The HEPEX community will once again be strongly represented a…

Internal correspondence and Senate submissions show the CSIRO is running out of money and may lose its position as a leading research agency.

Committee: Economics References Committee Date referred: 26 November 2025 Submissions close: 30 January 2026 Reporting date: 31 March 2026 Terms of Reference Funding and resourcing for the Commonwealt...

Hundreds of workers responsible for pollution prevention, weather forecasting, conservation and environmental disaster response are being at Environment and Climate Change Canada received workforce ad...

Nature Water - Forests cover almost a third of earth’s land and supply high-quality streamflow and groundwater. A global synthesis of forested catchments provides surprising insights into the...

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment - El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) profoundly affects Australian weather, climate, ecosystems and socio-economic sectors. This Review presents...

On the night of November 27, 2025, computer-science Twitter, Rednote, Xiaohongshu, Reddit and WeChat group lit up with the same five words: “ICLR can open t...

Another 500 people are missing, while thousands more have been injured after a cyclone hit the region.