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August 29, 2025

Weather tracker: Typhoon Kajiki lashes south-east Asia with fatalities in Vietnam

Duration of torrential rains from Typhoon Kajiki lead to elevated landslide risk across Laos and Thailand

August 28, 2025

Uncontacted Peruvian tribe on deadly collision course with loggers, group says

Survival International says Mashco Piro seen in nearby Amazon village in alarming sign group is under stressMembers of an Indigenous tribe who live...

August 25, 2025

Australia’s youngest senator describes depression, ‘whack’ responses and a pet-related white lie in first speech

Charlotte Walker, 21, spoke of being bullied and battling mental health issues, and said she will focus on issues including housing, domestic...

August 24, 2025

Taiwan referendum on reopening last nuclear plant fails

Clear majority backs restarting Maanshan reactor but doesn’t reach legal threshold, as president says nuclear power may be reconsidered if it becomes...

August 23, 2025

‘We want builders on site, not filling in forms’: Albanese government cuts red tape in bid to boost home building

Pausing changes to Construction Code, establishment of ‘strike team’ within environment department and use of AI in planning among reformsGet our

August 22, 2025

Mystery ‘debris balls’ return to NSW beaches as residents warned to steer clear

Central Coast council says residents should not touch the balls and avoid beaches where they wash ashore

August 21, 2025

Victoria’s mountain ash forests could lose a quarter of ‘giant’ trees as temperatures rise

Eucalyptus regnans - which regularly reach 60 to 80m tall - lose about 9% of their trees for every degree of warming, research finds

August 19, 2025

Legal stoush between NSW and commonwealth halts crucial water flows into Murray-Darling

One scientist warned long suspension poses potential risks to some wetland areas and native species of fish and birdsEnvironmental flows in the...

August 18, 2025

Weather tracker: southern Arabian peninsula braced for storms

Elongated area of low pressure likely to bring higher-than-usual levels of rainfall to normally arid regionUnusual levels of rainfall are due to hit...

August 18, 2025

‘It felt magical’: monarch butterfly swarm delights visitors and locals in Western Australia town

For more than two months, the bright orange butterflies have been descending on Nannup in WA’s south-west, attracted by invasive plant species

August 17, 2025

‘Pray for rain’: wildfires in Canada are now burning where they never used to

Canada’s response to the extreme weather threat is being upended as the traditional epicentre of the blazes shifts as the climate warmsRoad closures,...

August 15, 2025

Climate crisis harming world heritage painted houses in Burkina Faso, say residents

Tiébélé’s wavy-walled houses covered in geometric lines showing signs of disintegration amid erratic weatherA world heritage site that was once a...

Environment Articles

Weather tracker: Typhoon Kajiki lashes south-east Asia with fatalities in Vietnam

Uncontacted Peruvian tribe on deadly collision course with loggers, group says

Australia’s youngest senator describes depression, ‘whack’ responses and a pet-related white lie in first speech

Taiwan referendum on reopening last nuclear plant fails

‘We want builders on site, not filling in forms’: Albanese government cuts red tape in bid to boost home building

Mystery ‘debris balls’ return to NSW beaches as residents warned to steer clear

Victoria’s mountain ash forests could lose a quarter of ‘giant’ trees as temperatures rise

Legal stoush between NSW and commonwealth halts crucial water flows into Murray-Darling

Weather tracker: southern Arabian peninsula braced for storms

‘It felt magical’: monarch butterfly swarm delights visitors and locals in Western Australia town

‘Pray for rain’: wildfires in Canada are now burning where they never used to

Climate crisis harming world heritage painted houses in Burkina Faso, say residents