Environment
Climate change
Opinion
Pets
The dog days of climate change are coming for your pets
If you don’t put sunscreen on the tips of your cats’ ears just yet, rising temperatures mean you might soon have to.
- by Edward Narayan
Latest
Antarctica is missing sea ice and scientists don’t know why
CSIRO Fellow and Research Team Leader Dr Steve Rintoul said while there is some annual variation in ice coverage, this year’s records are the lowest in the 40 years since records started.
- by Laura Chung
Analysis
Energy
The gas industry used to be unassailable in Australia. Not any more
Victoria’s decision to ban new homes from installing gas appliances shows where the nation’s energy mix is heading.
- by Nick O'Malley
Global boiling: Sydney hasn’t done enough to prepare for lethal heat
It’s possible that without emission cuts and as climate change worsens, summer temperatures could rise from 26.4 to 29 degrees by 2100, a climate similar to PNG’s.
- by Laura Chung
Record July heat prompts dire warning: Act now ‘or we all scorch and fry’
The warmest temperatures for tens of thousands of years are prompting yet more calls from experts for urgent action on climate.
- by Nick O'Malley
Exclusive
Mining
Mining inquiry to examine pollution impacts on health
The investigation was announced on Tuesday following complaints that pollution from one of Australia’s largest gold mines was contaminating nearby residents.
- by Laura Chung
Crucial global climatic system could face tipping point in two years
As the northern hemisphere swelters through historic heatwaves and Antarctic sea ice disappears, scientists fear a major climatic system could collapse as soon as 2025.
- by Nick O'Malley
Opinion
Global warming
Scorched by burning questions, our answer should not be inaction
Whether it’s climate change or the Voice, we often forget the real human cost of doing nothing.
- by Sean Kelly
The hottest July in 120,000 years. What’s in store for Australia this summer?
The scorching heatwaves in Europe, Asia and America provide a glimpse into Australia’s near future and suggest the impacts of global warming might have been underestimated.
- by Nick O'Malley and Angus Dalton
How Australian coral and an unremarkable lake will help usher in a new epoch
Scientists are on the verge of formally declaring a new geological epoch based on evidence from a remote body of water in Canada, and Flinders Reef in Queensland.
- by Angus Dalton
After mammoth negotiations, the world adopts a plan to cut shipping emissions
After long days of talks, haggling and compromise, some progress was made in London as nations came together.
- by Nick O'Malley