A new era of leadership. After more than three years as CSIRO Chair, we're saying farewell to Kathryn J Fagg AO, FAICD and welcoming Deputy Chair Ming Long… | 149 comments on LinkedIn

Professor Tony Haymet has been appointed Chief Scientist of Australia. Image: Antarctic Science Foundation The Australian Academy of Science congratulates Professor Tony Haymet on his appointment as

The world’s largest iceberg is still on the move and there are fears that it could be headed north from Antarctica towards the island of South Georgia. The iceberg, called A23a, was previously “trapped” spinning around an undersea mountain for several months, according to Andrew Meijers, a physical oceanographer at the British Antarctic Survey. Now, it appears that it is moving with the prevailing current towards South Georgia, a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean.

More than 40% of individual corals monitored around One Tree Island reef bleached by heat stress and damaged by flesh-eating disease * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast More than 40% of individual corals monitored around a…

The Antarctic ice sheet is nearly twice the area of Australia and holds enough freshwater to raise global sea levels by 58 metres.

Losses rise by 30% as climate change takes its toll

Five hurricanes made landfall in the United States this year, causing half a trillion dollars in damages. Flooding devastated mountain towns along the East Coast. Scores of wildfires burned almost 8 m...

Climate change is exposing a “protection gap” for Americans seeking insurance against property losses.