SYDNEY (Reuters) - Four years since bushfires destroyed wide swathes of southeastern Australia, killing 33, the country is once again on high alert, bracing for what weather experts say will be the ...

Australia's conservative government has consistently played down the role of climate change in the 2019-2020 fires, which cloaked major cities like Sydney in acrid smoke. Climate change is the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Australian firefighters prepare for "most significant" fire risk since Black Summer SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's ...

Australia will spend an additional $35 million in the next four years to protect koala habitat after the catastrophic 2020 bushfires, the government said on Saturday. The additional funds will further ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bookings for independent walkers on southern Australia's Kangaroo Island Wilderness Trail have reopened following the 2019/2020 ...

The colossal bushfires that tore through Australia in 2019 and 2020 charred some 37,500 square miles, obliterating iconic ecosystems and pushing already-threatened species to the brink. The blazes ...

Australian judges to youth: Drop dead. An Australian federal court recently ruled that the country’s Federal Environment Minister does not have a “duty of care” to protect young people from climate ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's southeast on Sunday sweltered in a heat wave that raised the risk of bushfires and led authorities to issue fire bans for large swathes of New South Wales state. The ...