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Greenland melt threatens to shift northern climate
Greenland ice melting at an expanding pace may begin cooling the North Atlantic and increasing the severity of storms by 2075, said James Hansen, the former NASA scientist who raised concerns about...
Sydney set for cold blast on Friday
James Casey Sydneysiders should enjoy today's pleasant weather as a spell of cold, wet and windy weather is due to set in on Friday.
Cold spell has the city shivering
Hamish Boland-Rudder, Fleta Page There’s a cold breeze blowing from the south, snow dusting the Brindabellas, and the first frost expected within days – and it’s not even Anzac Day yet in Canberra.
Snows hit Thredbo, cold weekend for Sydney
Rachel Olding Snow has fallen early on ski fields in NSW and Victoria as a cold snap hits both states.
Heat provides little cheer, but pub has cold beer
Stephanie Gardiner BEFORE there was air conditioning Hay residents would hang sheets drenched in cold water on the line and stand underneath to enjoy the cool breeze.
Bikinis then brollies as state runs hot and cold
Adrian Lowe Sweltering one day, shivering the next - that's the prospect Melburnians face this weekend, continuing the city's up-and-down weather of the past fortnight.
Wild winds accompany Canberra cold snap
Larissa Nicholson There are black outs across Canberra today with high winds causing interuptions to electricity supply, mostly in the south of the city.
Cold, hard figures to tackle Arctic melt
Ben Cubby THE massive release of methane and other gases from the Arctic will make it tougher to meet human greenhouse gas cuts, but the scale of the problem will still be determined by how much fossil fuel is...
Cold, wild weather brings late snow to Canberra region
Hamish Boland-Rudder After Canberra recorded its coldest October day since 1968 yesterday, people in the surrounding region are waking up to a thick cover of snow this morning.
Floriade set for a cool, wet last week as cold front looms
Brittany Mitchell Today could be one of the last days to catch Floriade in the dry before the festival wraps up on Sunday.
It's raining snow, as Canberra shivers through cold blast
Hamish Boland-Rudder While his younger sister Emily sat huddled up in the warm car, Matthew Bowers launched into the snow for the first time in his life and soon the snowballs were flying.
Spring's almost sprung but a cold blast awaits
Annabel Ross Flowers are blossoming, birds are chirping, spring is in the air. Or is it?
Get ready for a cold, wet weekend
Craig Butt Be sure to rug up if you're going to the footy this weekend, because we're in for a chilly couple of days.
Some like it cold as sea life moves south
David Wroe Ocean species that used to live off Sydney half a century ago now inhabit the Southern Ocean as climate change drives fish, plankton and microbes to colder waters, a scientific snapshot of marine...
Sydney wakes to bitterly cold morning
Steve Jacobs Residents across south-eastern Australia have woken to a bitterly cold morning with frost biting hard across the region.
A cold morning at Canberra zoo
Even though most of the animals at Canberra's zoo have heated enclosures, they cannot resist their moment in the sun in the morning.
Cold snap and petrol shortage raise tension
New York temperatures plummeted and tension soared as petrol supplies continued to dwindle despite frantic efforts to bring in fuel.
Greens pour cold water on Murray-Darling strategy
David Wroe, Tom Arup The rescue of the Murray-Darling basin could become a political quagmire after the Greens warned yesterday that they would try to block the latest draft plan, forcing Labor to turn to Tony Abbott for...
Climate plan leaves voters cold
Lenore Taylor, NATIONAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT Support for climate action continues to erode and more Australians say they don't want to pay anything to help reduce greenhouse emissions as the Gillard government prepares to unveil a carbon tax...
Snow go area: Great Western Highway closed as winds and cold front cause chaos
Kim Arlington, Stephanie Gardiner Heavy snowfalls in the state's central west forced the closure of the Great Western Highway yesterday, while winds gusting up to 100 km/h brought down trees on houses, roads and power lines in Sydney.
