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Work begins on new Sea World marine wildlife hospital

Construction has started on a new marine wildlife hospital at Sea World on the Gold Coast. It is the first facility of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, providing

Southern Queensland parched coming into summer

Southern Queensland is one of five areas of Australia with below average rainfall in 2026. Others are the west of Western Australia, north-eastern New South Wales,

Indonesia battling “apex predator” underground fires

Indonesia is experiencing a sharp rise in high intensity, underground peatland infernos off the back of an El Niño-induced dry season. The fires have caused hazardous

Godzilla El Niño tipped to break all previous records

By Mandy Freund The world is bracing for the strongest El Niño in history. The United Nations has made the grim prediction that our planet now sits in the “danger

UN says climate target is now impossible

Jacqueline Peel and Wesley Morgan For over a decade, the world has been trying to limit global warming to 1.5°C. That’s no longer possible, according to a new United

Nepal flood rock collapse won’t be the last

By Tirthankar Ghosh and Levan Tielidze On the morning of August 26, a section of mountain near Langtang Lirung peak in Nepal suddenly collapsed. A huge mass of rock,

Snow resorts facing big challenges as season is cut short

The Australian snow industry is being hit with a “severe lack of snow” that has led to early season shutdowns and a crisis for resort businesses. In a statement

Nepal flash flood shows danger of cascading disasters

By Milad Haghani and Zahra Shahhoseini A catastrophic flash flood has struck northern Nepal on the Tibetan border, killing at least 157 people and leaving hundreds

Grim threshold crossed in spread of bird flu

By Jane Younger Australia has crossed another grim threshold in its H5N1 bird flu outbreak. For the first time, the virus has infected an Australian mainland mammal: a

Submerged lakes and rivers found in Great Barrier Reef

Before it became submerged around 7000 years ago, Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef was a “vast coastal plain” rich with rivers, lakes and estuaries. This existed at

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