Australia waves goodbye to its largest coal plant — seven years earlier than expected
The plant will now close in 2025 and be replaced by a large-scale battery facility.
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Sydney extends lockdown for another month as coronavirus cases keep mounting
Low vaccination rates have plunged Australia's cities into repeated lockdowns.
Fossil Friday: Australia’s largest known dinosaur identified after a decade of work
The land down under can now boast its own Titanosaur.
Giant palm-sized moth found in Australian school
It's so big it can hardly fly.
Australia’s wildfires created a ‘record-breaking’ smoke plume in the upper atmosphere
Can’t have smoke without fire.
Koalas could soon be listed as endangered in Australia
Environment groups call for urgent measures to protect the species, which has been suffering under habitat destruction and wildfires.
Climate change increases heat-related cardiovascular hospitalizations
Extreme temperatures are a risk factor for cardiovascular disease
Aboriginal artifacts point to the first underwater archaeological sites in Australia
At the end of the last Ice Age, the Australian coastline was 160 kilometers farther offshore than it is today.
Australia has a climate denier problem — and it’s worse than you thought
The way media report on climate change has a big influence on people's beliefs, report shows
New fossil insect species points to a Canada-Australia land route 50 million years ago
Better understanding of such fossils lets us peer into the geological past.
Rare T-rex ancestor found in Australia
Australia has always been home to some weird looking creatures. Now, one of the strangest dinosaurs has also been discovered ...
Logging native forests worsened Australia’s fires, researchers warn
Logging increased the risk and severity of the Australian wildfires of last year.
Koalas are facing the threat of extinction after Australia’s forest fires, NGO claims
At least 5.000 have died because of the forest fires
Rain extinguishes Australian wildfires
It's finally raining in Australia.
Drought and human expansion are driving the platypus extinct
One of the world's most unique mammals is heading for extinction.
Five environmental consequences of Australia’s fires
Australia’s road to recovery may be long: Here’s a developing list of how the fires are affecting glaciers, wildlife, water ...
Australia set to kill 10,000 camels by shooting them from helicopters
Environmental disasters have become terribly common in Australia.
Australia’s heatwave breaks all-time temperature record for the second day straight
Combination of drought, fires and high temperatures create a problematic scenario
Australia records its hottest day ever — while burning from a thousand bushfires
A nationwide average temperature of 40.9 degrees Celsius this Tuesday set a new record for the land down under.