This June has joined every other month of this year so far in setting an all-time monthly record for global temperatures, according to two separate US science agencies - although the globe was not

London: Britain has sweltered through the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures soaring to 35 degrees in parts of the country.

Emergency services are warning residents to prepare for the worst as a category-five storm is expected to slam into Taiwan early on Friday morning.

As many as 140 million people in Bangladesh may be at risk from a huge earthquake as pressure builds beneath the surface of one of the world's most densely populated nations, US and Bangladeshi sci

As many as 400 scientists and four scientific societies are expected to sign a declaration on Friday warning that land-clearing rates are again picking up.

In a major new paper in the influential journal Science, a team of researchers report strikingly good news about a 30-year old environmental problem.

The Baird government's plan to loosen land-clearing laws in the state may struggle to get through Parliament, with the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party indicating they will heed opposition to th

Sydney has just shivered through its coolest June day in 21 years although the worst of the cold spell is probably over for now.

Environmentalists fear a vulnerable eagle species will disappear from the ACT when the CSIRO allows developers onto its large research field station in Canberra's north-west.

Broken Hill's local lakes are nearly empty, and its traditional water supply runs out soon.