Pack away your bathers and get your umbrellas ready – summer is set to be rung in with a fierce rainstorm.

Some 100 coral reefs within the Great Barrier Reef have been identified as having particular resilience that could help corals recover from bleaching and other threats.

Widespread late-spring falls are predicted to soak much of Australia's south-east in coming days, with conditions described as "tropical" in areas used to much milder conditions.

Combustion has been found to release particles of titanium, researchers say.

Why Frydenberg's modelling is unlikely to win over critics from both ends of the political spectrum.

The amount of new coal mining output being assessed by the Berejiklian government eclipses the Adani megamine proposed for Queensland and dwarfs its carbon emissions, according to analysis by Lock the Gate.

The state's controversial land-clearing codes could be overturned by a legal challenge, with lawyers leading the action advising landholders to exercise "extreme caution" before removing native vegetation until the matter is resolved.

The Queensland state election result threatens the future of the controversial Adani coal mine.

Electricity and water have come to villages that long had neither. Farmers have moved here from the mountains, seeking new futures on all the irrigated land.

Old-fashioned romance techniques of a nice meal and a bunch of flowers have proven successful.

Scientists have stepped in as environmental matchmakers by breeding baby coral on the Great Barrier Reef in a move that could have worldwide significance.

A tiger roamed the streets of Paris on Friday evening before being shot dead.

Australia is home to a global hot spot for sea-surface temperatures, with a record burst of prolonged heat in the country's south-east helping to make conditions several degrees warmer than average.

Sydney temperatures are set to reach or exceed 25 degrees over the next seven days.

Respected energy group says Turnbull government's energy plan has a weak emissions goal that would all but halt large-scale renewable investment.

The Turnbull government's National Energy Guarantee is set for a rocky reception when energy ministers meet in Hobart, with one state declaring new modelling confirmed its 'worst fears', and another saying it was 'deeply disappointing'.

Coogee Beach has the highest number of ambulance call-outs for suspected spinal injuries across the entire NSW coastline.

A warning of severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging wind has been issued for a large band of eastern NSW.

Canberra could be in for some thunderous weather on Friday.

Conservation groups decry a decision by the Trump administration to allow elephant hunters to bring back trophies.

Australia could post a warmer and even drier than average summer even with a La Nina event being declared in the Pacific.

Australia's backing of the fossil fuel industry is expected to come under more scrutiny at the Bonn climate talks in Germany, as a global effort to reduce coal use gathers momentum.

Prince has been given a new leash on life after receiving the first Australian open-heart surgery on a dog.

Droughts come regularly to outback Broken Hill, killing sheep, burning profits and carving farmland into craters. But the wind is constant, said local farmer Greg Lawrence, sitting on a rocky and gusty hill that only a feral goat could love.

The federally funded study of 1.5 million city trees in 29 council areas across Australia has produced dramatic findings.