According to a new report published in Nature magazine by a team of international scientists, the global ocean’s upper layer is definitely warming up. Sophie Perri talks to CSIRO Climate modeller Tony Hirst about climate change, and the state of our oceans.

Following the Australian government’s decision to delay an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) till 2012, the U.S. government has released their own ETS draft along with other plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions under a new climate bill.

While fire abatement projects are being used to combat greenhouse gas emissions, they are also highlighting a gap between Western and Aboriginal knowledge about climate change.

Despite talks to counter climate change, the 2010 budget announcement by the Rudd Government has revealed that renewable energy is a low priority. Pia Volk reports.

A charge on traffic congestion is recommended by leading transport experts as the best solution to Melbourne’s growing $3 billion-a-year congestion problem writes Josh Kenworthy.

Protest at Melbourne’s Parliament House to call for the closure of the Hazelwood coal-fired power station by 2012By Jenny Jägerhorn

The campaign by environmental activists to close Hazelwood, Australia’s dirtiest power station, is set to intensify with a demonstration planned for Thursday. Jenny Jagerhorn reports. Image: simpsons fan 66

Even the smallest rise in temperatures and changes in seasonal timing can have affect on our environment. Jessica Black investigates.

The recent heavy rains in Australia have been hailed as a Godsend, but with these blessings comes a plague – the locust explosions. Neda Vanovac reports.

The Earth’s species are disappearing, and this time we can’t blame the asteroids. But just what is biodiversity, and why should we be worried?