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Experts celebrate enormous bounds in reef restoration

Experts celebrate enormous bounds in reef restoration

Experts behind a new survival kit for the Great Barrier Reef say they've achieved monumental leaps that will help coral reefs worldwide endure climate change.

Future Antarctic ice shelf melting 'unavoidable'

Future Antarctic ice shelf melting 'unavoidable'

Future Antarctic ice shelf melting 'unavoidable'

Future Antarctic ice shelf melting 'unavoidable'

A study has found melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet will continue to accelerate this century, at a speed three times faster than during the 20th century.

Qld activists could be jailed over three minute protest

Qld activists could be jailed over three minute protest

Qld activists could be jailed over three minute protest

Qld activists could be jailed over three minute protest

A protest that lasted three minutes but disrupted the workings of Queensland's parliament could land 14 climate protesters in jail for up to three years.

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Traditional owners take gas objections to super funds

Traditional owners take gas objections to super funds

Traditional owners from three First Nations have been fighting gas giant Santos for years and now they're asking super funds to act on their objections.

Warming climate gives reef devouring starfish a leg up

Warming climate gives reef devouring starfish a leg up

Scientists have more bad news for the Great Barrier Reef - baby crown-of-thorns starfish are very good at dealing with the heat climate change is dishing out.

NSW assured Eraring lifeline won't kill climate goals

NSW assured Eraring lifeline won't kill climate goals

Keeping Australia's largest coal power plant open won't shut the door on NSW achieving its legislated carbon emissions targets, the government says.

Few Aussies grasp serious, urgent climate threat

Few Aussies grasp serious, urgent climate threat

Just 15 per cent of Australians say climate change is an extremely serious problem right now, with many viewing it as a future peril, a survey has found.

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Aussie frogs in hot water from climate, other threats

Aussie frogs in hot water from climate, other threats

Aussie frogs in hot water from climate, other threats

Aussie frogs in hot water from climate, other threats

More than 40 per cent of the world's amphibians are threatened with extinction and Australia's once bountiful frogs are among those in strife, scientists warn.

Dugongs in steady decline along Great Barrier Reef

Dugongs in steady decline along Great Barrier Reef

Dugongs in steady decline along Great Barrier Reef

Dugongs in steady decline along Great Barrier Reef

Dugong numbers are shrinking over a vast area of the Great Barrier Reef and it's been happening for almost 20 years, scientists say.

Fed govt invests in new deployable disaster shelters

Fed govt invests in new deployable disaster shelters

Fed govt invests in new deployable disaster shelters

Fed govt invests in new deployable disaster shelters

Australia will soon have a national stockpile of emergency shelters that can be deployed anywhere in the country when floods, fires and other disasters strike.

Minister faces court over coal mines' climate harms

Minister faces court over coal mines' climate harms

Minister faces court over coal mines' climate harms

Minister faces court over coal mines' climate harms

A small conservation group is challenging Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek in court, arguing she failed to adequately consider fossil fuel harms to nature.

Australia granted more time to address reef threats

Australia granted more time to address reef threats

Australia granted more time to address reef threats

Australia granted more time to address reef threats

The World Heritage Committee has confirmed it won't yet list the Great Barrier Reef as in-danger but Australia's guardianship remains under close scrutiny.

Government 'helping hand' ideal to control prices: Lowe

Government 'helping hand' ideal to control prices: Lowe

Government 'helping hand' ideal to control prices: Lowe

Government 'helping hand' ideal to control prices: Lowe

A bigger role for government in managing economic cycles and acting on sluggish productivity features on Philip Lowe's wish list for a stronger Australia.

Climate change complicates RBA's job, new governor says

Climate change complicates RBA's job, new governor says

Climate change complicates RBA's job, new governor says

Climate change complicates RBA's job, new governor says

The incoming head of Australia's central bank says climate change presents an acute source of uncertainty for managing the economy and setting interest rates.

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Australia a decade behind pack on tackling urban heat

Experts say bold political leadership is needed to ensure Australia's major cities remain liveable as the urban heat problem escalates.

Off-the-scale marine heatwave forecast for south east

Another marine heatwave is about to hit the waters off south east Australia and there are some lessons about what might be in store from an earlier event.

Landmark report puts climate at centre of economy

Climate change and the transition to a net-zero economy lies at the heart of the Intergenerational Report released by the Albanese government.

Warming slows switch between wet and dry in Australia

Greenhouse gas emissions are affecting an air current that determines how much rain and heat Australia gets, and it could mean longer droughts and floods.

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Door ajar for pre-2035 closure of coal power station

Energy giant AGL and the Victorian government have inked a deal to leave the door open for a coal-fired power station to close earlier than 2035.

Home insurance out of reach as climate disasters surge

The biggest rise in premiums in 20 years has raised concerns households may forego insurance and be even harder hit when the next disaster strikes.

Bleaching halts coral recovery on Great Barrier Reef

Hard coral recovery has paused on most of the Great Barrier Reef thanks to a mass bleaching event in 2022, which should have been a cooler year for sea life.

Doctors sound health alarm over gas expansion plans

Doctors have rallied at Parliament House against the expansion of Australia's gas industry, warning it will harm future generations.

Bring back the arvo nap: save the air con and the body

A study into heat related deaths in the Northern Territory shows long periods inside air-conditioning is wreaking havoc on the ability to adapt to conditions.

Experts demand new reef plan with rising climate threat

An expert panel that advises the government says Australia needs another plan to protect the Great Barrier Reef from escalating climate threats.

Police attempt to stop climate activists talking fails

A climate activist group says a court has rejected the WA police's application to have bikie-style anti-association bail conditions imposed on three members.

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