The first week of summer has brought a 50C temperature range across the country, while Tuesday’s heat in NSW saw temperatures ...

The south Wales town of Porthcawl is among many coastal communities across the UK feeling the effects of Storm Bram. The Met ...

Dozens of bushfires raged over the weekend as far afield as the mid-north coast of New South Wales and Tasmania's east coast.

Bird flu, or H5N1, has touched most of the globe, but there is one spot it hasn't reached. Researchers down under are preparing for it, but gaps in bird flu surveillance elsewhere makes it difficult.

If you ever find yourself on Macquarie Island—a narrow, wind-lashed ridge halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica—the first ...

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Thousands of homes across Western Sydney are still without power and several schools are closed, after storms ripped through ...

Thousands of residents in Western Sydney are waking up without power and some schools across NSW will be closed after a freak ...

BELÉM, BRAZIL – Millions of refugees, people forced to flee, and their hosts are trapped in an increasingly vicious cycle of conflict and climate extremes, according to a new report released today by ...

GENEVA (AP) — Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level not seen in human civilization and “turbo-charging” the Earth’s ...