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Coral is growing on the Great Barrier Reef after first being grown in tanks, say researchers.

Proposal by NSW Nationals to build new coal fired power station is a preposterous idea pushed by a panicked and desperate politician.

Regulator says renewable energy target nearly met, and confirms that rooftop solar is heading for a record year of more than 1 gigawatt of new capacity.

Astronaut Randy Bresnik shares footage of a maintenance mission outside the International Space Station.

The recent performance of wind and solar in South Australia - 63 per cent of consumption - dispels a few myths around renewables and makes a nonsense of the proposed National Energy Guarantee.

The latest trio has been introduced to Knapdale Forest in Argyll, Scotland.

Ever heard of the King Island brown thornbill? What about the orange-bellied parrot? Can you guess which is more endangered?

In January 2016, a keen birdwatcher named Dion Hobcroft walked into the Pegarah state forest on Tasmania’s King Island with a recorded birdcall and took the first blurry photographs of the King Island brown thornbill.

The brown thornbill, Acanthiza pusilla archibaldi, is a subspecies of the Tasmanian thornbill, distinguished from its cousins on the big island by a slightly longer beak.

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Unlike other birds, robins have always sung throughout the season, but now other species are joining them due to their warming environment

The Victorian humorist and poet Thomas Hood took a dim view of the penultimate month of the year: “No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds! – November!”

If he meant no bird song, then, when he was writing, during the cooler climatic interlude known as the Little Ice Age, he would have been spot-on.

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One of the world's earliest urban civilisations thrived in the absence of a big Himalayan river, a new study finds.

A British spacecraft is trying to clean up what we send up but never bring down.

As part of its 100-day priority plan, New Zealand's new government has pledged to set a target of carbon neutrality by 2050, which means phasing out fossil fuels and products that burn them. Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Much of Australia's energy debate is centred around 'models' of various policies. But how do they work? And what can they really tell us? Hugh Saddler, Honorary Associate Professor, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Researchers say ‘source reefs’ could produce larvae and help repair damage by bleaching and starfish

A group of “source” reefs have been identified that could form the basis of a life support system for the Great Barrier Reef, helping repair damage by bleaching, starfish and other disturbances.

Researchers from the University of Queensland, CSIRO, Australian Institute of Marine Science and the University of Sheffield searched the Great Barrier Reef for ideal areas that could potentially produce larvae and support the recovery of other damaged reefs.

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A spacecraft that will test the best methods to clean up space debris is nearing completion.

Developing brain circuits shape how adolescents approach their goals, say US psychologists.

Atmospheric rivers, salt lakes and autumn leaf colour are among the images captured by Nasa and the ESA last month

Peak autumn leaf colour in north-central Maine, New England, US. The familiar reds and golds typically appear earliest on deciduous trees and shrubs at higher latitudes and elevations, such as here in the mountains of Baxter state park, and take a few weeks before they reach foliage at the coast.

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The Meteor satellite was found not to be on its planned orbit, hours after launch from a new base.

A crocodile attack in Australia that left a British tourist with a leg wound was captured on camera. In the footage, posted to Facebook by Ally Bullifent, a crocodile can be seen jumping out of the water towards the woman. The attack took place on Monday as the woman walked along the edge of a creek in Cape Tribulation, in the far north of Queensland.

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Woman treated in hospital after saltwater crocodile leaps from water in Far North Queensland and injures her

A crocodile attack that left a British tourist with a leg wound has been captured on camera in Australia. In the footage, posted to Facebook by Ally Bullifent, a crocodile can be seen jumping out of the water towards the women as they scream.

The attack took place on Monday as the woman walked along the edge of a creek in Cape Tribulation, far north Queensland.

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UK fashion designer backs Ellen MacArthur foundation campaign to stop the global fashion industry consuming a quarter of the world’s annual carbon budget by 2050

Clothes must be designed differently, worn for longer and recycled as much as possible to stop the global fashion industry consuming a quarter of the world’s annual carbon budget by 2050.

Fashion designer Stella McCartney condemned her industry as “incredibly wasteful and harmful to the environment” as she joined forces with round-the-world sailor and environmental campaigner Dame Ellen MacArthur to call for a systemic change to the way clothing is produced and used.

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