Australia’s deadly bushfires in the 2019-2020 season generated 700 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere – triggering vast algal blooms in the Southern Ocean. Using satellite data, two ...

SYDNEY, Jan 11 – Human remains were found in Australia’s southeast where bushfires raging for days have razed buildings, cut power to thousands of homes and burned swathes of bushland, police said on ...

Bushfires have razed hundreds of buildings across southeast Australia, authorities said Sunday, as they confirmed the first death from the disaster. Temperatures soared past 40C as a heatwave ...

For Australia, fall came with endless bushfires and infernos, causing massive destruction. Flames consumed over 26,000 square miles of land — nearly the size of West Virginia — killing at least 25 ...

The Longwood bushfire burns, in a location given as Longwood, Victoria, Australia, in this handout image released on January 7, 2026. Wandong Fire Brigade/Handout via REUTERS SYDNEY, Jan 11 (Reuters) ...

Several wildfires are also burning in the state of Victoria, where Melbourne, Australia’s second biggest city, is located.

Australian authorities declared a state of disaster on Saturday after bushfires destroyed houses and razed vast belts of forest in the country's southeast. Temperatures soared past 40C as a heat wave ...

Bear the Australian koolie is taking a well-deserved break, after spending a decade sniffing out koalas and other wildlife in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's New South Wales on Sunday sweated in a heat wave that raised the risk of bushfires and prompted ...

SYDNEY, Australia — Bushfires threatened dozens of rural towns in southeast Australia on Friday, firefighters said, as hot winds fanned "hectic" conditions in the tinder-dry countryside. Temperatures ...