An Icy Expanse The Antarctic Desert may come as a surprise to many as it doesn't fit our conventional idea of sand and heat.

Katelynn Clark felt certain her home would burn to the ground when a raging bushfire hit the edge of her rural property on Monday night.

A series of lightning strikes have started fires in the Wimmera in Victoria's west and knocked out electricity to thousands of homes.

It's hard to imagine that global warming would have much effect on the world's already hot deserts. But even small changes in temperature or precipitation could drastically impact plants and ...

A fire truck arriving to battle bushfires in Little Desert National Park in Victoria, Australia ... the main message is that there will be a hot dome over Victoria. "Once we get into the weekend ...