Gallery: Reader photography: Weather warning
Science & EnvironmentWhen Aussie skies are on the move, our readers are there to capture the scenery.
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Brisbane floods lower, but devastation continues
AG BlogThe river in Brisbane has peaked lower than the 1974 floods, but devastation continues.
Personal perspective: inside the flood clean up
AG BlogIn one of the worst-hit ares of Brisbane’s flood, an army of volunteers are making lighter work of the clean up.
Should Australia have five seasons?
AG BlogIs our current model of four seasons working? One expert believes that five seasons is more suitable.
On this day: First picture of a tornado in Australia
On This DayOn 27 September 1911, a violent Australian tornado was captured on film for the first time.
Audio: Researchers make artificial rain in Tasmania
AG BlogA long-term Australian study is the best evidence so far that cloud seeding really works.
On this day: Sydney’s biggest hailstorm
On This DayOn 14 April 1999, the most expensive natural disaster in Australian history hit Sydney.
A different side to the Queensland floods
AG BlogDean Saffron, who photographed hard-hit Grantham in 2011, saw a different response to Cyclone Oswald.
On this day: Ash Wednesday bushfires
On This DayIt’s the anniversary of the huge 1983 Victorian bushfires, and the psychological impact is still being felt.
Ice Age struck indigenous Australians hard
NewsPopulation numbers plummeted due to harsh conditions at the peak of the last Ice Age, says a new study.