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‘It’s fundamentally weird and alien’

IT lives on the forest floor but “the blob” could be the key to changing all of our everyday lives.

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The famous rock formation was used for marriage proposals, thousands of social media pictures and was a major attraction at Cape Kiwanda. Picture: Isaac Koval / iStock

Morons topple iconic rock pedestal

AT first it was said to be an act of nature. But footage has revealed a group of young people deliberately destroyed a beloved rock formation.

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CREDIT: Snapper ONLINE USE ONLY This giant pearl could be the biggest ever found in the world after being handed in by a FISHERMAN See SWNS story SWPEARL The man who has not been identified found the priceless 34kg gem ten years ago in sea off the coast of Palawan Island Philippines He didn t know the potential eye watering value and kept it as a good luck charm in his rundown wooden home But a fire at the property earlier this year forced him to have a clear out and move house

Fisherman’s find is just pearl-fect

THE world’s biggest pearl, weighing 34kg and worth more than $100 million, has been unveiled in The Philippines. You won’t believe where it’s been kept the past 10 years.

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‘Earth will be one giant continent’

‘Earth will be one giant continent’

A WORLD without borders is a very distinct possibility when one supercontinent forms from all of Earth’s major land masses, predict scientists.

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An egg and sperm bundle released from the mouth of a polyp.

Coral ‘orgies’ could save our reef

THERE is still plenty to learn about the mass spawning events of coral, and such secrets could help save the world’s dying reefs.

HOLLYWOOD, CA - JUNE 08: Actresses Portia de Rossi (L) and Ellen DeGeneres attend The World Premiere of Disney-PixarÂ’s FINDING DORY on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)

Ellen is not backing down on reef comments

IT got her Twitter bombed by Environment Minister Greg Hunt, but Ellen DeGeneres says she’s glad her call to save the Great Barrier Reef is being talked about.

The truth Australia doesn’t want to hear

The truth Australia doesn’t want to hear

SAVING the Great Barrier Reef should be about more than embracing a photo opp. We need to make the one hard decision that could actually save it.

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locals play in the first snow for the year at Thredbo.

First snow dump this season

IT MAY have surprised some, but the year’s first snowfall fell early this morning in Thredbo providing exciting scenes for skiers.

An undated handout photo obtained from the XL Catlin Seaview Survey on March 21, 2016 shows a diver filming a reef affected by bleaching off Lizard Island in the Great Barrier Reef. Environmental groups March 21 urged greater action on climate change after the government declared the highest alert level over an epidemic of coral bleaching in the pristine northern reaches of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. / AFP PHOTO / XL Catlin Seaview Survey / Handout / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Barrier Reef ‘dead in 20 years’

IT’LL be harder to find Nemo in years to come with experts saying damage to the Great Barrier Reef is more dire than previously thought.

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Icebergs in the Antractic - pic from shutterstock

Scientists discover hidden Antarctic lake

A LARGE lake may be hiding beneath the ice that covers Antarctica and it may contain countless life forms that frozen continent for millions of years.

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Secret coral reef discovered in Amazon river

THE world’s second longest river is home to hidden treasures, a scientific research team has discovered.

A newspaper ad taken out by The Climate Council.

This is how desperate scientists are

SOME Aussies are so desperate to be heard they’ve spent $14,000 to get their message across this week.

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One of the rooms at the National Sea Simulator. Picture: Charis Chang

Radical idea to save Aussie icon

MORE than $40 million has been pumped into a hi-tech research facility in Australia powered by nuclear technology, but has it come too late?

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Dust Storm captured at approx 4pm Thursday the 17th March 2016 from Nain, East of Freeling, South Australia taken by Charmaine Holland ph: 0423622635

Massive dust storm engulfs Barossa

FIVE cars were involved in a crash after strong winds whipped up a huge dust storm from the recent Pinery bushfires in South Australia.

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‘Mythical river’ boils things alive

ANDRES Ruzo located a “boiling river” in the Amazon that is so hot that it can cause third-degree burns or even death.

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sharkmigration The sharks have arrived! Thousands of sharks spotted off Palm Beach this morning during the aerial survey flight. Looking forward to fishing and tagging this weekend. #sharkmigration #blacktip #shark @colganfoundation. Picture: sharkmigration/Instagram

The beach with 10,000 sharks

IT’S a sight sure to send shivers down the spine of the bravest beachgoers, but it isn’t stopping some people from going for a dip.

Embargoed for the Saturday Telegraph 13 February 2016. I'M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE 2016. THIS PICTURE SHOWS ROBERT IRWIN BY NIGEL WRIGHT +61 409 363339. COPYRIGHT NETWORK TEN/ITV STUDIOS

Crikey, Robert’s a little Steve

WILDLIFE conservation is just as important to Robert Irwin as it was to his late dad, Steve, and he is proving it in camp on I’m A Celebrity.

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Meet the Aussie bound for Mars

‘I am committed to going to Mars’

MEET the Australian ready to give up love in the quest to be the first human to live on Mars.

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Waterfalls awesomely frozen in time

Waterfalls awesomely frozen in time

TOURISTS are flocking to see this spooky yet spectacular looking quirk of nature in the Taihang Mountains of China.

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The Cairns Botanic Garden is preparing for the imminent blooming of a large Amorphophallus titanum flower, more commonly referred to as the corpse flower. 14 year old Ethan Hobdey, of Redlynch, is ready to view the flower, which has a repugnant smell, similar to rotting flesh, when it blooms. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKE

Brief bloom set to stink it up

THE stench of rotting flesh is an unlikely attraction but it’s one that will draw huge crowds in Cairns.

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Sir David Attenborough with submersible pilot Mark Taylor off the Far Northern coast to film his Great Barrier Reef series. Photo credit: BBC

What every Australian needs to see

IT’S the icon every Aussie takes for granted, but now never-before-seen microscopic details of the Great Barrier Reef have emerged in a record-breaking film.

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Adelaide adventurer and polar explorer Tim Jarvis at Carstensz Pyramid in West Papua, the first of three equatorial glacial mountains he will tackle during during the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) in Paris.

Hitch a ride on a mountain climb

AUSTRALIAN adventurer and polar explorer Tim Jarvis is inviting everyone along on his latest mountain-climbing expedition, 25zero.

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Video shows forest floor ‘breathing’

Video shows forest floor ‘breathing’

IS it possible for the ground to breathe? In fact it does as proven by a spooky video captured by a walker on a routine trek in a forest.

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Must have been hungry ... At least 15 cars were swallowed as a sinkhole open up at a new restaurant in Meridian, Mississippi. Picture: WLBT 3 / Facebook

Mystery sinkhole devours 15 cars

DINERS heard a series of thundering booms. Then the power went out. When they went to see what was going on, this is what they saw.

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The stunning sight you have to see

The stunning sight you have to see

ALL lit up in neon green and pink, Aurora Australis is truly a sight that belongs on your bucket list. Watch an incredible video of the lights here.

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Massive thunderstorm rolls into Sydney

Massive thunderstorm rolls into Sydney

A MASSIVE thunderstorm has made its way into Sydney and brought some impressive visuals with it. Check out some of the best pictures.

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700m crack opens up in the earth

700m crack opens up in the earth

A “GASH” the size of five footy fields has appeared in Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains — the latest in a string of mysterious events.

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$MUST MENTION 2016 Australian Weather Calendar MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER July - Fallstreak hole over Korumburra, Vic (David Barton) David Barton and his wife spotted a rare phenomenon over eastern Victoria on 3 November 2014. Fallstreak holes, or hole punch clouds, form in clouds that contain supercooled water droplets—at a temperature below freezing point, but not frozen. A trigger such as a passing aircraft causes ice crystals to form, and a chain reaction makes water droplets around those crystals evaporate, leaving a ‘hole’ around the wispy patch of ice crystals. Sunlight passing through this thin part of the cloud is refracted, or bent, with different wavelengths (i.e. colours) spreading out in a similar way to how rainbows form. This is called cloud iridescence or irisation. David took this shot from his front porch, with a Nikon D7100 and an 18–140mm lens.$

Lightning really does strike twice

FROM a full circle rainbow to a dramatic dust storm, the Bureau of Meteorology’s 2016 Australian Weather Calendar shows our dramatic landscape in all its glory.

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12 amazing images of Aussie nature

12 amazing images of Aussie nature

THE Bureau of Meteorology has released the photographs that will feature in the 2016 Australian Weather Calendar and the results are captivating to say the least.

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hampton court palace

‘Skeletor’ returns to palace halls?

FOR three days in a row the doors flung open for no reason. CCTV shocked staff and now, strange things are happening again.

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