This year is expected to be one of the hottest on record, with temperatures more than 1C above pre-industrial levels, the World Meteorological Organisation has said.

This year is expected to be one of the hottest on record, with temperatures more than 1C above pre-industrial levels, the World Meteorological Organisation has said.

Earlier this week is was reported that severe, back-to-back bleaching has affected two-thirds of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. 

Irish presenter Liz Bonnin really does aim to go that bit deeper with her major new series on the Galapagos, writes Sarah Marshall

A man was critically injured when he was attacked by a shark while spear fishing on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, an official said.

Martin Wagner and Noni Austin outline how the continued exploitation of ‘dirty energy’ resources is not only affecting our climate but is now also having an adverse effect on treasured World Heritage sites

Some of the quirkiest stories from around the globe

People often wonder what use are economists. In terms of climate change, this is a particularly appropriate question.

An 11-year-old boy was in a stable condition in hospital after he was mauled by a shark on the Great Barrier Reef off the Australian east coast, officials said.

David Attenborough has warned of the “disastrous” delays in taking action on climate change.

More than one in two people have a ‘bucket list’ — places they want to see and things they want to do before they die, a survey reveals.

What does a sea turtle see when he goes diving in the Great Barrier Reef?

The heritage committee of Unesco has said the outlook for Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is poor due to threats including pollution and climate change but stopped short of listing it as “in danger”.

SATURDAY

Dan Fredinburg, a Google executive who described himself as an adventurer, was among those who died in the massive earthquake that struck Nepal.

The Great Race

Australian officials were hunting for a shark that killed a teenager in the nation's second deadly attack in as many weeks.

An 18-year-old man has been killed by a shark while spear fishing on the Great Barrier Reef off the east Australian tourist town of Port Douglas.

Kim Kardashian West is buying her daughter a private island in Australia.

Jellyfish are becoming more numerous but though their stings are painful, researchers are examining their tourism potential, writes Dan Buckley

Stingrays may be usually found in tropical waters like the Great Barrier Reef but a RTÉ documentary has revealed how they swim to Kerry every summer to breed.

The World Cup still dominates the schedules, but Donal Skehan does begin a new show on the previous generation of top Irish cooks

Famous for whale watching, and with a limit of 150 visitors at any one time, Lady Elliot is a castaway paradise island.

It took mere seconds yesterday to send messages all around the world from a spectacular island outpost off the south-west coast — in sharp contrast to an historic event in the area 156 years ago.

Global warming is depleting fresh water and crops, destroying coral reefs and melting the Arctic, the UN has warned in a report that concludes the world is ill-prepared to face many new threats.

The cameraman who witnessed the death of Australian “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin has revealed a stingray stabbed at him “hundreds of times” and his final words were “I’m dying.”

HUMANS have changed the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere and all of its oceans. We impact on 83% of the world’s land and have permanently altered a third of it.

Environmentalists have expressed anger after it emerged that two US fighter jets dropped four unarmed bombs into Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park when a training exercise went wrong.

Two American fighter jets dropped four unarmed bombs into Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Marine Park last week when a training exercise went wrong, the US Navy said, angering environmentalists.

Peter Clohessy’s going. So is Brent Pope. Mick Galwey has his tickets, and Alan Quinlan is on board. Anytime is a good time to travel to Australia, but for rugby fans, the 2013 Lions Tour is something else entirely. As holidays go, this is once-in-a-lifetime stuff.

Highlights include Colin Stafford Johnson's new series on the Shannon, and highly-rated new spy drama The Americans.

Three Irish people have been shortlisted from almost 350,000 entries across the globe for the “best job in the world”.

Ten years after it was first released, Pixar’s hugely entertaining comedy swims back into cinemas in the 3D format – and it is still the cinematic catch of the day.

If you fancy being paid €78,000 to be a ‘chief funster’ then you had better dust off your CV, as Australia is now hiring.

SO WE’RE still knee-deep in February mulch.

BEFORE there was a Twitter, camera, or even a telegraph, the results of the Olympics were transmitted via carrier pigeon.

Skin cancer in wild marine fish has been discovered for the first time.

Oceans’ rising acid levels have emerged as one of the biggest threats to coral reefs, acting as the “osteoporosis of the sea” and threatening everything from food security to tourism and livelihoods, the head of a US scientific agency said.

Callum Roberts warns we are destroying our seas and need to urgently change our ways. Val Cummins argues that we should heed his warnings