Carbon emissions have increased as more coal is burnt worldwide. Photo: John Giles/PA Wire

World

Carbon emissions predicted to hit record high

Global emissions of carbon dioxide have increased substantially this year and are set to reach a new record, according to a new study.

News

Australia-sized chunk of permafrost at risk of melting

If nations fail to meet global targets on climate change, a chunk of frozen soil bigger than Australia will melt, sending planet-warming gases into the atmosphere, British scientists say.

Science & Tech

Sea ice around Antarctica hits record low

Sea ice around Antarctica has shrunk to the smallest annual extent on record after years of resisting a trend of man-made global warming, preliminary US satellite data shows.

World

Sweltering 2016 to set heat record

The world is set to notch up a new heat record in 2016 after a sizzling 2015 as global warming stokes more floods and rising sea levels, the UN weather agency has warned.

Wine

The climate is ripe for some workable wine policy

Philip White goes looking for election policy which could help the wine industry face the new extremities of climate.