Dutch water resources at risk from pollution, climate change

The Netherlands, almost a fifth of which is covered by lakes, rivers and dikes, may be unable to use surface waters as a source for drinking water by 2050 due to the changing climate and contaminants.

Asbestos verdict in two years

Natalie O'Brien A Sydney judge has taken more than two years to make a decision in a case against the founder of the Clean Up Israel environmental campaign, who has been accused of causing land and water pollution...

Farm incomes face drought

Damien Murphy With rainfall at record low levels, farmers across Australia are facing some of the toughest drought conditions in years.

Mermaid makes a splash to help sea creatures

Jackie Dent The water polo team has left for the night and the lights at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre have been turned off.

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...

US weather service's 'game changer' advance

The U.S. National Weather Service is getting a quantum jump in computing power that will significantly improve its forecasting and storm tracking abilities to better protect the country from severe...

Sydney sets late-season warmth record

Peter Hannam Sydney's Indian summer is fast becoming an Indian autumn with the mild conditions today setting a record for late-season warmth for the city.

Mine approved in Tarkine wilderness

Andrew Darby An iron ore strip mine in Tasmania's disputed Tarkine region has won state environmental approval, further boosting development there.

VicForests attacked over logging plan

Tom Arup Victoria's state-owned timber company will reduce logging by 25 per cent in the bushfire-ravaged mountain ash forests of the central highlands -- but will wait until mid-2017 to make the shift.

Tar sands make climate change 'unsolvable': Hansen

Exploiting oil and gas trapped in tar sands and shale threatens to make climate change 'unsolvable' said James Hansen, the former NASA scientist who raised concerns about global warming in the 1980s.

Records keep falling, but what about temperatures?

Peter Hannam Sydney's Indian summer is fast becoming an Indian autumn with the mild conditions on Thursday setting a record for late-season warmth in the city.

Arctic policy at a thaw point

Flavia Krause-Jackson The melting ice cap will redraw the political map.

Sea level rises to exceed IPCC estimates: study

Sea levels may rise as much as 69cm through 2100 as water temperatures rise, glaciers melt in the Andes and Himalayas and ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica shed water, European scientists said.

New York to face superstorms every two years

New York will endure catastrophic flooding from storms such as Superstorm Sandy every two years by the end of the century because of the impact of climate change, according to experts.

'Blue carbon' emissions on the increase: scientists

The equivalent of Japan's annual carbon load is being released each year as a result of the destruction of the world's coastal and ocean ecosystems, an expert says.

Winter pokes its nose over horizon with snow on Brindabellas

Hamish Boland-Rudder While Canberrans shivered through a cold, wet Wednesday rangers up in the Brindabellas encountered snow from mid morning.

Hunter warned of bird massacre

Melissa Fyfe At least 150 endangered ducks, plus other birds including whistling kites and black swans, killed.

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Ad dumped as Nine gives Greenpeace the bird

Peter Hannam The Nine Network has been accused by Greenpeace of buckling under pressure from the beverage industry for the last-minute yanking of an ad promoting recycling.

Indonesia extends ban on forest clearing

The president of Indonesia, home to the world's third-largest tropical forests and a powerful palm oil industry, has agreed to extend a ban on forest clearing, a government official said on Friday.