It collects salinity, oxygen levels and temperature. Knowing these will help identify the East Australian current and enable scientists to find out how far south and how deep it is reaching.

Summer is off to a blistering start as a heatwave makes its way across Australia, bringing extreme fire danger to parts of ...

As a dome of heat developed over north and central Australia last weekend, parts of the country braced themselves for their first taste of summer ...

Heatwave and fire danger warnings have been issued for most of the country as experts say it’s ‘all about the heat’ this week ...

A widespread heatwave has large parts of the country's interior expected to reach highs of above 40 degrees Celsius throughout the day on Monday.  See what's happening in your state.

Australian Open organizers have tweaked the extreme heat policy for 2015 in the wake of complaints from players about dangerous conditions during a heat wave in Melbourne during the last tournament.