Environmental Impact

Most of the 1,000 different eucalyptus tree varieties are native to Australia but not all belong in a pristine wetland.

A court has ordered Sydney Water to repair eroded banks of a Penrith creek, but a possible fix has alarmed conservationists. 

Ark Energy wants to build the $1 billion wind farm west of Cairns but conservationists have expressed concern about the location, which borders a national park that is home to several endangered and threatened species.

Geoscience technology services company CGG formally submitted its permit application and environmental plan in late January amid a month-long campaign of community protests.

Environmentalists say the planned expansion of fracking operations in the Beetaloo Basin increases the need for water samples to be taken quickly after incidents are reported.

A Katherine resident is concerned about the quality of information collected by government investigators after it took four days for them to get to the site of a Northern Territory fish kill.

A Sydney council has backed down from a plan to switch from weekly to fortnightly waste collection after complaints about smelly bins, maggots and flies.

Clean Up Australia says the number of disposable vapes littering our streets and parks has more than doubled since 2022. 

Tasmania's EPA has ordered a north Tasmanian scrap metal facility to immediately stop using a metal shredder after "elevated levels of lead" were found in the dust it produced. 

As rising sea levels lead to more fish in the ocean around Phillip Island, off Australia's southern coast, polyamorous little penguins are using the extra energy to breed.

Traditional fire management strategies such as hazard reduction burns, logging, and the thinning of undergrowth have increased the flammability of forests, new research has found.

The deaths follow heavy rain that caused flash flooding in Queensland's south-east. Authorities are investigating the cause of the deaths, which have left locals distressed.

A permit application for the largest marine seismic survey proposal recorded is under assessment at the same time the offshore regulator is investigating the company funding the project for alleged 2020 breaches in the Otway Basin.

Wilderness rangers encourage bushwalkers to use poo pots after noticing an "unprecedented" amount of human faeces in remote places.

When Indian mynas move into an area they force native birds out of their wood hollows and kill their chicks, leading to a decline in native bird numbers.

Each year, a team of scientists flies directly into the eyes of some of the world’s biggest storms as they try to solve one of meteorology's greatest forecasting fears — the rapid intensification of life-threatening hurricanes and cyclones.

Andrew Balfour has seven transmission towers on his farm. He doesn't recommend it to others — but sites for new power infrastructure will be needed across the state as renewable energy projects take off.

Vinnies stores across Queensland have been swamped with unsaleable donations, which the charity says are causing "chaos" for busy volunteers.

As a movement to swim in our urban waterways grows, these experts say there's an increasing need for awareness of water safety and how to respect our natural environment.

Los Angeles and other US cities have embraced lighter-coloured "cool roads" in response to climate change and heatwaves. So why isn't Australia doing the same?

Advocates say federal environment laws could be overhauled to allow consideration of the potential for projects to mitigate climate change — like a knocked-back proposal for a port development in Victoria.

Spotting an endangered Gouldian finch at Lake Argyle in the Kimberley is a treat for any bird lover, but the impact of two large bushfires, believed to have started from campfires, has worried locals and scientists.

Offshore wind offers great promise for Australia, but the industry will have to win an information war to convince some towns to take it up.

A study has found that the Greenland ice sheet lost one-fifth more mass than previously estimated, which could have implications for ocean currents that regulate temperatures in Europe and North America.

Divers have captured underwater footage of coral bleaching and algal blooms in the Great Barrier Reef after Tropical Cyclone Jasper dumped metres of rain on Far North Queensland, while aerial imagery shows sediment washing out to sea.