Graham Readfearn

Scientists found unequal impact of the climate crisis would not be reversed even if implicit goal of the 2015 Paris agreement is achieved

Global heating contributes to record, with a warmer atmosphere able to hold more water, scientists say

‘Challenging’ weather conditions and lack of snowfall are being blamed after a winter that broke multiple heat records

Bureau of Meteorology suggests El Niño has already broken records, with Pacific ocean temperature change exceeding 2C in six months

Queensland open-cut Saraji mine will be able to keep digging until 2055 as Anthony Albanese denies tensions with Pacific leaders over fossil fuels

‘High coral cover is evidence of recovery and resilience, not evidence that the disturbances causing mortality didn’t happen’, scientist says

Experts say the H5N1 bird flu virus’s risk to humans is low, but fear an impeding decimation of seal populations after tens of thousands of deaths in South America and Antarctica

Australia’s bird population will experience ‘large mortalities’ and risk species loss, modelling based on global outbreaks shows

Helicopter surveillance finds dead and dying greater crested terns off South Australian coast as H5 virus spreads

One expert described Nationals leader Matt Canavan’s claim of land used for clean energy as ‘plain wrong and plain silly’