Environmental Impacts

It took a decade for researchers to find the tallest tree in East Asia. Now they know where the 84.1 metre conifer is, but the future of its species and other tall trees is dire.

Ivanka Trump has floated "manifestations" of luxury holidays. Meanwhile, Albanians are claiming "irreversible" ecological damage. Why protests are shaking Albania.

Approvals for the 1.8-kilometre Skyway in Airlie Beach are set to be fast-tracked, but locals say consultation with the developer has been limited.

Excavators have been used to salvage a vessel that ran aground at Flat Rock just north of Ballina, potentially disrupting the intertidal ecosystem in the area.

A South Australian public servant taking the state government to court over a controversial redevelopment in the Adelaide Parklands says he will continue to fight the case despite it potentially leading to him losing his house or becoming bankrupt.

When grazier Matthew Peart took over his family's organic beef operation almost 20 years ago, his pastures were rundown, and the future looked bleak. But now, he's unashamedly optimistic, and a new report suggests he's not alone. 

The director of Tasmania's Environment Protection Authority rejects calls to release real-time information on the amount of antibiotics used by salmon producers, despite the companies already providing that information to other government bodies.

A sports development in Sydney's north-west has been accused by residents of killing and displacing wildlife.

The Tasmanian government is making changes to the rules for deer hunting in the state, but farmers say it won't be enough to bring numbers down, with the sector's peak body calling for the species to be declared a pest.

The project at Raine Island, where 90 per cent of northern green sea turtles nest, has been working for a decade to improve hatching success.

An Adelaide man alleges the state government failed to properly refer the controversial North Adelaide Golf Course to the federal environment minister for approval.

Used tyres and wood waste will soon help to power a large cement manufacturing site in Tasmania as Cement Australia moves away from coal to alternative fuels, but some remain concerned the environmental benefit may be offset if the wood waste is sourced from logged native forests.

The NT government is arguing its planned mega Middle Arm gas industry precinct will be needed to help shore up Australia's future fuel and energy supplies — but it has just identified that a tiny endangered herb could be growing in the way.

The Commonwealth is launching its largest-ever legal claim, suing the manufacturer of a firefighting foam containing PFAS chemicals that contaminated 28 Defence Force bases across Australia.

The federal environment minister's decision to wave through plans to bulldoze almost 3,000 hectares — an area 10 times the size of Sydney's CBD — of habitat, home to threatened species, will be challenged in the Federal Court.

Modelling predicts that the algal bloom that has plagued South Australia's coastlines since March 2025 will be moving further through the Spencer Gulf in the next few months.

Researchers say the removal of invasive rodents on Lord Howe Island has sparked a rebound of invertebrate life, including native cockroaches and other insects, vital to the broader ecosystem.

The risks of death or hospitalisation of koalas increases as soon as seven-day average maximum temperature is above 27 degrees Celsius, a new study shows.

The fast spread of pest eleven-armed seastars has fishers, along with researchers, concerned.

A "tragedy of the trolleys" is unfolding in Rockhampton, where a lack of governance over waterways is creating an environmental hazard.