The country,like others in South-East Asia,is sweltering through a heat wave.
From Albany to Kalbarri,native vegetation which has evolved to cope with heat and little water is failing to withstand the extra burden from climate change.
After decades of photographing the world’s best gardens,Claire Takacs is looking for inspiration in unexpected places.
The event that brought widespread flooding to Australia’s east coast is set for a potential shock return,weather models show.
As climate change and water scarcity become increasingly urgent issues around the world,governments are turning to new options to ensure adequate water supplies.
In a win for people power,the state has just recognised years of lobbying to save the remnant pines in Perth’s northern suburbs. But is it too little,too late?
Few Australians know the Country I call home. Let me take you there through spinifex,mulga trees,red sand and open skies – and introduce you to my family.
The Herald’s chief photographer has documented some of our worst natural disasters.
What is Australia’s responsibility to our climate-change affected Pacific neighbours,rapidly disappearing under the waves? There’s been a new treaty,but who can claim the credit?
Farmer Tim Kemp has lost thousands of avocados to years of drought and floods. Now,he’s trying to prepare for another big dry - but will it be too much?
First flood hit the farmers of the Lismore region,then came drought.