This year’s climate talks saw real progress – just not on fossil fuels
COP30 was the first climate summit without a US government delegation. At first, the absence came…
What do we know about climate change? How do we know it? And where are we headed?
The 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (sometimes referred to as COP30) is taking place in…
Google CEO: If an AI bubble pops, no one is getting out clean
Market concerns and Google’s position Alphabet’s recent market performance has been driven by investor confidence in…
Finally, Indigenous peoples have an influential voice at COP30. They’re speaking loud and clear.
Since 2019, the UN’s Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform has expanded the Indigenous role in…
View from The Hill: Conservative Liberals hold ‘power walk’ before delivering coup de grâce to net zero
Ley said the five-hour meeting had been “excellent”. It had been “terrific to hear from all…
Brazil approves oil drilling near mouth of Amazon as climate leaders meet in Belem | DW News
California Governor Gavin Newsom has claimed that a US president from the Democratic Party would rejoin…
We studied 217 tropical cyclones globally to see how people died. Our findings might surprise you
To reduce the health impacts of tropical cyclones, health departments’ disaster planning must look beyond immediate…
LIVE: Hurricane Melissa Kills Nearly 50 In Its Path; Jamaica, Cuba Evacuate Thousands | Planet Pulse
Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas, killing dozens and forcing hundreds of…
Whale and dolphin migrations are being disrupted by climate change
For millennia, some of the world’s largest filter-feeding whales, including humpbacks, fin whales, and blue whales,…
AI heavyweights call for end to ‘superintelligence’ research
I have worked in AI for more than three decades, including with pioneers such as John…
Power-hungry data centres threaten Australia’s energy grid. Here are 3 steps to make them more efficient
The Australian Energy Market Operator estimates data centres will consume 6% of Australia’s grid-supplied electricity by…
What’s the difference between moths and butterflies? Look at their antennae
As the weather starts to warm in Australia, you might notice the pleasant flutter of butterflies…
What will it take? The sweeteners Australia could offer Turkey to snatch COP31
All this raises the question of how Australia could convince Turkey to drop its bid. But…
Warn, hide or stand out? How colour in the animal world is a battle for survival
The animal world is incredibly colourful, and behind this colour palette is a constant game of…
View from The Hill: Albanese’s Trump meeting is in the diary – now it’s a matter of managing it
After the October meeting had been confirmed, Albanese (who later had a word with Trump at…
Fish ‘fingerprints’ in the ocean reveal which species are moving homes due to climate change
Species across the planet are on the move. Climate change has already caused more than 12,000…
LIVE: Cloudbursts Hit Uttarakhand’s Chamoli, Dehradun; Extreme Weather The New Normal? |Planet Pulse
Heavy rains, caused by a cloudburst, lashed the north Indian city of Dehradun on September 16…
Argentina’s Patagonia sees sharp fall in sheep farms amid tough times
Sheep farming in Argentina’s Patagonia is in steep decline due to economic challenges and rural depopulation….
The US is trying to kick-start a “nuclear energy renaissance”
Doing more with less? Although the Trump administration aims to accelerate nuclear energy through executive orders,…
LIVE: Over 400,000 Hectares Burned in Spain’s 2025 Wildfire Crisis | Planet Pulse | N18G
Spain is reeling from one of its most catastrophic wildfire seasons on record. Fueled by Europe’s…
GOP may finally succeed in unrelenting quest to kill two NASA climate satellites
Before satellite measurements, researchers relied on estimates and data from a smattering of air and ground-based…
See Earth’s seasons in all their complexity in a new animated map
The annual clock of the seasons – winter, spring, summer, autumn – is often taken as…
Why grow plants in space? They can improve how we produce food and medicine on Earth
Sometime in the 2040s, humans may well reach a new frontier – Mars. To get there,…
Buckling rails and lines underwater: how Australia’s ageing train networks are crumbling as the climate changes
Last week’s torrential rain disrupted several Sydney train lines, in what is becoming a familiar story…