ENVIRONMENT

The decade saw freakishly bad weather – and if the cold didn't kill you, famine, disease or poverty might.

Protesters have spent months rallying against the pipeline project, saying it poses a threat to water resources and sacred Native American sites.

Eruption in 946CE released more climate forcing gasses than any other volcano in last 2,000 years.

The expedition aims to tackle gender inequality in science and boost female leadership in fighting climate change.

The rate of deforestation in the Amazon is on the rise again. Over the past four years it has risen 35%.

Banda Detachment will 'explain how one of Earth's deepest sea areas became so deep'.

Skyscraper at centre of city has been sinking and tilting since it was completed in 2009.

Fast-melting glacier is breaking apart in a manner previously unseen in an Antarctic ice sheet.

A report from the Arctic Council identifies approaching social and ecological tipping points.

Pauline Hanson blasted by conservationists for taking media to Queensland's Great Barrier Reef.

Unseasonably dry weather and easterly winds helped kindle the fires, which now stretch across half the country.

Churup Glacier in Peru is melting due to climate change and a resident is suing RWE.

Authorities are pushing to shut down privately owned steel factories in an effort to meet China's carbon dioxide emissions targets.

The science of invasive alien species is increasingly being denied, conservationists say.

Warmer oceans and winds plus higher temperatures combine to begin a 'vicious circle' of warming in the Arctic.

Scientists say likelihood that fault curvature is linked to megathrust earthquakes is over 99%.

The hashtag #Israelisburning trended on social media as some Arabs and Palestinians celebrated the fires.

Almost as large as rainbows, but its form is usually colourless and has a flatter shape.

Children with blackened faces play in and around puddles of thick crude oil gushing from the breached wells.

The Pine Island Glacier began melting due to extreme El Niño activity, and is now responsible for 5% of global sea-level rise.

There are less than 4,000 tigers left in the wild and their habitat is at risk from bad infrastructure planning.

Scientists say extreme events are partly due to climate change but had different causes.

Much of La Paz receives water just three days a week, from 6am to 9am, because reservoirs serving the city are nearly dry.

Trump softens campaign rhetoric and says he has "an open mind" on Paris Agreement.

The move comes after similar plans were announced by France, the UK and other European countries.

Torrential downpours and winds of up to 80mph caused misery in parts of the country.

King Emere Godwin Bebe Okpabi tells High Court 'my people are dying from contaminated water'.

New control methods must be used to stop feral cats demolishing hundreds of endangered species in Australia.

Scientists find the mineral brucite can store and transport water at far greater depths than thought.