Amid more extreme weather events, parametric insurance — described as a bet on the weather —is on the rise. It is now being touted as a possible solution for Australians, who have some of the highest ...

Mining in Australia is facing an increasingly unpredictable weather landscape, with companies balancing operational risks ...

Giant hail batters Australia as spring storm leaves tens of thousands without power - Brisbane records hailstones as large as ...

(Bloomberg) — Australia will experience an increase in extreme heat, intense rainfall and coral-bleaching events, as well as longer fire seasons and more rapidly rising sea levels, according to the ...

A brutal heat wave building over Australia could come perilously close to toppling the country’s all-time high temperature record—no small feat when the nation routinely broils beneath the hot summer ...

The study found that most Australians are unclear about the official start of storm season. Only 9% correctly identified Sept. 1 as the beginning, while two-thirds could not name the date, and a ...

consistently ranked second only to the United States for both insured and broader economic extreme weather costs when also put against France, Canada, Germany and New Zealand. It found the average ...

Frogs need water. But new research into how bushfires and floods impact them finds they can have too much of a good thing.

Australia’s summer is almost here, but what will the weather be like? The long-range forecast for December through February ...

When the CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology released their State Of The Climate 2014 report on March 4 it should have made headlines for days, provoked a big parliamentary discussion and a public ...

Seven in 10 high-risk flood zone homes have no insurance coverage as premiums soar beyond $30,000, leaving Australia's most vulnerable exposed to catastrophic losses. A report released by the ...

A report released by the Insurance Council of Australia today shows that Australia has consistently ranked second only to the United States for both insured and broader economic extreme weather costs ...