The chance of a La Nina in 2016 has increased in recent weeks, with climate models indicating a 50 percent possibility of the weather event emerging this year, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology

MELBOURNE, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Australia will hold the first "Ocean in a High CO2 World" symposium hosted in the southern hemisphere, with world-leading experts assembling to discuss solutions to

Beautiful, healthy environments are more than just eye candy -- in fact according to a report commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund, healthy environments boost local economies.

The mass coral bleaching event smashing the Great Barrier Reef has severely affected more than half its length and caused patches of bleaching in most areas, according to scientists conducting an e

On a beach in Sydney's Botany Bay, Dave West from the Boomerang Alliance shows the small bits of plastic that get into our food chain.

The Queensland government’s approval of leases for Adani’s Carmichael mine, Australia’s largest proposed coal project, was “economic stupidity and environmental insanity”, a protest rally heard on

Study finds protecting a single type of herbivorous fish could be crucial to the recovery of reefs from damage related to climate change

Environmental campaigners say they hope two outstanding court cases can still stop India's Adani Enterprises Ltd from developing a A$10 billion ($7.6 billion) coal project, even after it received a

The future of Australia’s premier science organisation, the CSIRO, has again being placed in doubt by indications that 'doing science for science sake' will not be part of its strategy.

Scientists’ findings that Reef 2050 Plan water quality targets will probably not be met come as Queensland government gives green light to Australia’s largest coalmine