Imagine a five-metre-high block of ice stretching across all of Victoria. That's the previously undiscovered amount lost from Greenland's glaciers over the past decades.
Queensland Police said the 46-year-old man jumped into the water from a boat trying to retrieve an item at Manly Harbour near Brisbane about 10.50pm yesterday.
Adrian Meyer travelled to the Great Barrier Reef for what was meant to be an unforgettable 71st birthday trip. Instead his children left the idyllic tourist spot without their dad.
The NSW Government says it is aiming to double the water supplied from Sydney's $2 billion desalination plant to counter predicted soaring temperatures.
Visitors to a beach resort city in southwest Japan got a shock when they woke to discover the usually crystal-clear sea had turned an ominous shade of red – after a local brewery sprung a leak.
A gold mining company in Western Australia has been fined $41,000 after authorities found a flood left damage "so significant it could be seen in satellite images".
Water is the lifeblood of every community around the world. But a sustainable, clean supply for drinking, hygiene and farming is not guaranteed for hundreds of millions of people.
A disappearing lake in New South Wales is a source of mystery for first-time visitors, but experts say there is a simple reason why the water levels fluctuate so much.