The Staggering Scale of Emptiness 6 million square kilometres in 2023. After Antarctica, Australia has the lowest population ...

University of Queensland researchers have completed the first comprehensive studies of recent fire history and koala ...

Hot and windy conditions are fanning the flames of several scrub fires across the Lockyer Valley and Darling Downs in midst ...

like more frequent droughts and fires.” Now, at least one region’s rainforests have reached a tipping point. Australia’s rainforests are the first in the world to switch from being a net carbon sink ...

The planet’s vital signs are “flashing red”, a new report by a group of climate scientists from around the world asserts.

These tropical forest CO₂ emissions may warn of similar shifts in other regions, a key topic for COP30 climate talks in Brazil.

Humans have altered the forests of western North America markedly over the past several centuries. We’ve suppressed fire, harvested much of the old-growth trees, and built homes and communities within ...

Several European nations such as Italy, France, Greece, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain have in recent months struggled to cope ...

A study reveals that fire suppression around the Great Lakes has led to the buildup of fuel and the replacement of fire-tolerant trees with fire-intolerant species. Researchers used tree ring data and ...