Australia
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Red sky, flying embers: Australia’s fires are the first climate disaster of the decade
Here are photos of blood-orange skies, thick gray smoke, and people fleeing for their lives, offering a small but devastating glimpse at the first major climate catastrophe of the 2020s.
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Coal climbs back into the conversation at U.N. climate talks
The dirty fuel that international climate scientists say the world should abandon has a rebirth at Katowice’s COP24.
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Hypnotic, dynamic, in danger: Netflix’s ‘Chasing Coral’ explores a threatened undersea landscape
An interview with Jeff Orlowski of 'Chasing Ice' fame on his new film.
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Australia’s mangrove die-off was the worst one ever
Well, there go 400 miles of delicate coastal habitat.
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First mammal goes extinct because of climate change
The Bramble Cay melomys lived on an island in the Great Barrier Reef ... until sea levels started rising.
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Coral reefs are in trouble. Meet the people trying to rebuild them
From replanting the reefs we've lost to evolving stronger corals, humans are trying to engineer reefs to withstand climate change.
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Say g’day to Australia’s awesome new solar plant
Australia combines two of our favorite things: Solar power and wastewater treatment facilities.
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When wine runs dry, these drones have your back
Vineyards are drying out thanks to climate change -- but high-tech surveillance drones might just save them. Welcome to our weird new world!
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Python hitches a ride on a plane wing, survives an international flight
The python probably wasn’t going for free air travel. More likely, he was looking for yummy rodents to eat.