Sediments in a lagoon near Darwin hold traces of changes to monsoonal rains over 150,000 years. Here’s what it means as Earth’s polar ice melts.

Regulator and government accused of colluding with water industry to dump potentially toxic waste without oversight

Observations from 12 hydrocast stations along a transect crossing the North Atlantic from the subtropical gyre to the northern European shelf provide evidence of large amounts of nanoplastics througho...

Six Republican members of the U.S. Congress have sent a letter to Canada's ambassador calling for action on the wildfires sending smoke billowing across the international border into their states.

Environment Victoria has strongly welcomed the Yoorrook Justice Commission’s landmark final report, supporting calls for water rights to be on the table for future Traditional Owner Treaties, while em...

Debate on how to generate energy ‘important but misses the point’, analyst says, when you can get such savings by using solar, batteries and efficient appliances

Heat caused 2,300 deaths across 12 cities, of which 1,500 were down to climate crisis, scientists say

Heat extremes in Western Europe have increased by an outstanding amount in the last 70 years. Climate models simulate weaker trends. This is largely due to atmospheric circulation trends, favouring he...

A ranked list of six approaches which represent the most impactful endeavours humanity is undertaking to cut carbon emissions.

USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.

A major ocean current in the Southern Hemisphere has reversed direction for the first time in recorded history, in what climatologists are calling a ...

Scientists at the Australian Antarctic Partnership Program are just beginning to understand the dire effects of extremely low sea ice in the Antarctic summer, but they will lose access to their main d...

The top UN humanitarian official in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has issued a stark warning over the deepening crisis in Gaza, where civilians are being killed daily while trying to access food,...

Exclusive: Agriculture minister Julie Collins and Indigenous affairs minister Malarndirri McCarthy expressed concern over Sturt Plateau pipeline’s construction

Rest of the UN on the Siege in Gaza – UN Secretary-General António Guterres, March 20, 2025: “Meanwhile, he warned, the siege on Gaza tightens. For nearly three weeks now, he said, the Israeli Authori...

Surge in deaths would not be occurring without human-caused global heating, scientists say as analysis published

On Israel and America's unprovoked attacks on Iran

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