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In this edition of HORIZONS, cities prepare for deadly temperature increases and robots are increasingly entering real world environments as domestic helpers.

"The river is basically dead. They have described it as a major incident"

A massive Woodside gas project approved in the Western Australia will contribute to damage to the Great Barrier Reef, conservation lawyers will argue.

One former inmate says fellow lags were given free Dominos pizza to clean the kitchen while other prisoners made 'rodent excluders' from socks and loo roll to keep unwelcome visitors at bay

Environment groups welcome long-awaited deal to curb harmful subsidies but say key measures to curb overfishing were dropped

“PFAS? What’s PFAS?”

Seven hectares of seagrass and saltmarsh planting and a release of 500,000 native oysters planned with estuary's two county wildlife trusts

Experts warn ambitious targets for nature must be agreed at UN meeting, moved from China to Canada after two-year wait

Tuesday: The Victorian Greens will introduce a bill to parliament to impose a ban on all new gas connections to homes within three years. Plus: why Australia is running out of teachers

Understanding the facial expressions of others is an important development stage. It helps us learn non-verbal communication and to recognise when someone is angry or scared and primes us to react to threats or show empathy for others’ feelings. A growing body of evidence suggests our neighbourhood environment shapes this…

Minister will release five-yearly report which she says details ‘alarming story’ of native species extinction and cultural heritage loss