Category: Australasia

Pacific forum backs away from climate target

The Pacific Islands Forum has adopted a new resolution on climate change, one that backs away from last year's

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Worst locust plague on record to hit Australian farmers

There is a warning the spring locust plague could be the worst on record due to the increasing use

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6.4 Quake hits Papua New Guinea

A STRONG, 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck deep off the coast of Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey

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Activists stage rooftop protest at Qld Parliament

There has been a security breach at Parliament House in Brisbane, with protesters getting through security to unfurl a

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NZ Tourists warned of “tsunami”

Tourists at the Tasman Glacier near Mt Cook have been warned that heavy rain in the area is likely

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Australia agriculture faces climate upheaval: scientist

Land available for agriculture in Australia, one of the world's largest food exporters, is in danger of shrinking because

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Two Quakes in South Australia

TWO earthquakes have shaken parts of South Australia today. The first, of 4.3 magnitude, occurred at 6.59am (7.29am AEST)

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Mercury found in Queensland’s water

Video Report: Farmers in Kogan on Queensland's Darling Downs say contamination from the coal gasification trials has spread to

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Australia: 2009 Hottest year ever

A report on the world's climate has confirmed that 2009 was one of Australia's hottest years on record and

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Carteret Islands: Homes are sinking

Residents of Papua New Guinea's sinking Carteret Islands are known as the world's first climate change refugees but international

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