Mummified crocs emerge from Egyptian tomb

Mummified crocs emerge from Egyptian tomb

The crocodile has played an important role in Egyptian culture for thousands of years. Linked to a deity,it was also a food source and medicine to treat pain and even balding.

  • bySam Jones

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Ancient Egyptian sites:Six of the best temples to see

Ancient Egyptian sites:Six of the best temples to see

Egyptian temples are wonder-filled gateways to the past.

  • byBrian Johnston
Thanks to climate change,the meteorologist’s margin of error is widening
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Thanks to climate change,the meteorologist’s margin of error is widening

With weather conditions in such a state of flux,it is increasingly harder to trust the computer-based prediction models.

Australia’s ‘advanced’ plan to host COP prompts bidders to pull out

Australia’s ‘advanced’ plan to host COP prompts bidders to pull out

Australia’s bid to host the 2026 climate talks with Pacific Nations is looking strong but it will now also have Turkey to beat.

  • byNick O'Malley
Developed or developing? China question divides COP27

Developed or developing? China question divides COP27

Chris Bowen met with his China counterpart in Egypt for the first ministerial level meeting between Australia and China in five years. Negotiations dragged into the night.

  • byNick O'Malley
Fairness and finance:At COP27,Australia stands in the middle of tense climate talks

Fairness and finance:At COP27,Australia stands in the middle of tense climate talks

There is a brutal and simple dynamic at play here in Sharm el-Sheikh at the 27th United Nations Conference of the Parties.

  • byNick O'Malley
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Australia seen in ‘new light’ at global climate talks

Australia seen in ‘new light’ at global climate talks

Australia has spent nearly a decade in the wilderness of climate diplomacy. Now Chris Bowen has been called to co-chair crucial climate financial negotiations.

  • byNick O'Malley
‘Imprecise,inaccurate,ludicrous’:Egypt dismisses accusations of spying at climate talks as distraction

‘Imprecise,inaccurate,ludicrous’:Egypt dismisses accusations of spying at climate talks as distraction

Human rights allegations that have simmered in the background burst onto centre stage at the Egyptian climate talks.

  • byNick O'Malley
A global sigh of relief as China and US sit down to talk climate

A global sigh of relief as China and US sit down to talk climate

Without the world’s two heavyweights onboard,climate talks have been losing momentum.

  • byNick O'Malley
Fears in Egypt that the gas industry ate the climate talks

Fears in Egypt that the gas industry ate the climate talks

Stakes are high,lobbyists thick on the ground and tension mounting as ministers fly in for the crucial week of climate talks in Egypt.

  • byNick O'Malley
Biden uses COP27 stage to vow crackdown on methane

Biden uses COP27 stage to vow crackdown on methane

In Egypt for COP27,the president said under his leadership the United States was back as the global leader on climate action.

  • byNick O'Malley