ABC Environment

Have we finally figured out how wombats make cube-shaped poo!?

Bushfires in Queensland, spring snowfall in Victoria, gale force winds in South Australia — all in the past month. How many more extreme weather events should we expect?

A cross between a bus and light rail promises better transport; humans are sounding more like bots online; and solar panels on roads might deliver more hype than energy.

The 2018 Emissions Gap Report released this week by UN Environment shows global emissions have hit an historic high and are showing "no signs of peaking".

Queensland's unprecedented firestorm hit small lot farmers; Cotton grower Anthony Barlow pleads guilty to illegal pumping of Murray Darling water; Dangerously unstable live export ship banned from carrying stock; Serious doubts raised about carp control virus; India's chickpea tariffs likely to stay.

They did so, despite calls by the Prime Minister to concentrate on learning rather than activism.

The Indian energy giant Adani has announced it is ready to begin construction on the Carmichael mine and rail project in central Queensland.

Chloe Hooper on Victoria's 'Black Saturday' bushfires, the arsonist responsible for two of the fires, and why we are living in an age of fire.

Extreme weather meteorologist Dean Narramore explains the weather systems causing chaos across parts of the country.

Katherine Murphy from Guardian Australia discusses stripping terrorists of their citizenship, and the ALP backing batteries and renewables.

The Grattan Institute's Tony Wood and Sarah McNamara from the Australian Energy Council discuss Labor's proposed energy policy and the Coalition's attempts to pass energy company divestiture laws.

While responding to the California wildfires, President Trump pointed to the successful practices of Finland in forest fire prevention.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Energy Minister Angus Taylor keep telling Australians the government will meet its emission reductions targets "at a a canter" — but the experts aren't so sure.

Off Track explores the Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) colony on Bowen Island in NSW. [Repeat]

How can farmers adapt and innovate to ensure the future of farming and our agricultural land?

The federal government is shrugging off calls from oil and gas producer Woodside for the introduction of a carbon tax.

This special conference sees primary and secondary students present innovative projects relating to history, geography, science, English and technologies.

"I think there is some political vested interest in indicating things are looking much better than they are on the ground."

Apparently, it's our most common recycling mistake.

Kon Karapanagiotidis, Banok Rind, Alisha Fernando, Leila Gurruwiwi, Jane Vadiveloo and Caroline Cabezas talk about the power of love, music, language and hope.