Hundreds miss out on flood grants due to ‘obscene postcode lottery’
Johnson’s promised cash only for those flooded from 8-18 November and where at least 25 houses affected
Natural disasters and extreme weather
Fluorescent pink slug, unique to Australian mountaintop, survives bushfires
Around 60 of the brightly coloured Mount Kaputar slugs have been spotted, but fires have burnt their habitat
‘This is not how sequoias die. It’s supposed to stand for another 500 years’
Giant sequoias were thought to be immune to insects, drought and wildfires. Then the unthinkable happened: trees started to die – and scientists began the search for answers
‘It’s heart-wrenching’: 80% of Blue Mountains and 50% of Gondwana rainforests burn in bushfires
Guardian Australia analysis reveals the frightening amount of world heritage area burned in Australia’s ongoing fire crisis
Climate emergency: 2019 was second hottest year on record
Last decade was also hottest yet in 150 years of measurements, say scientists
The Australian fires are a harbinger of things to come. Don’t ignore their warning
Fires are more frequent, more damaging, and more terrifying – a symptom of the new age that I call the Pyrocene
Something else is out of control in Australia: climate disaster denialism
Myths about the bushfires grow online before finding their way into the rightwing press and the mouths of politicians
When it comes to emissions, the ‘too small to matter’ argument is absurd, reckless and morally bankrupt
Shortsighted, illogical and dishonest arguments are holding Australia back – and condemning us to more brutal summers
Revealed: ‘monumental’ NSW bushfires have burnt 20% of Blue Mountains world heritage area
More than 10% of forest in NSW national parks destroyed by fire this season, with the damage to Gondwana rainforest a ‘global tragedy’
‘Not something to celebrate’: drought and flood cause drop in emissions
But growth in LNG sector alone almost enough to offset decline and result of increase in renewables
Koala factcheck: have the Australian bushfires put survival of the species at stake?
Claims that koalas are ‘functionally extinct’ after the bushfires are overstated. But there are very real threats to their future
Flooding chaos in northern England to continue until Tuesday
70 warnings issued as rivers Severn and Avon burst banks, but drier weather forecast