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Laura Chung is an environment reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.

Australia’s bushfire history: How a nation has burned over 40 years

Australia’s bushfire history: How a nation has burned over 40 years

Australia is no stranger to fire, with some areas burning more frequently and severely than others.

  • by The Visual Stories Team and Laura Chung

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Record temperatures cause new Great Barrier Reef bleaching

Record temperatures cause new Great Barrier Reef bleaching

Scientists say coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef will worsen in coming weeks.

  • by Laura Chung
What on Earth is happening to the weather? These charts help explain

What on Earth is happening to the weather? These charts help explain

Global temperature records were shattered last month and parts of WA recorded the world’s hottest temperature before storms and heat buffeted the east coast.

  • by Laura Chung
Historic fig trees vandalised in Mosman

Historic fig trees vandalised in Mosman

Mosman council was informed on Monday that a Balmoral resident had witnessed someone drilling into a fig tree along the Balmoral foreshore.

  • by Laura Chung
Northern beaches, Byron Bay to bear the brunt of worsening disasters

Northern beaches, Byron Bay to bear the brunt of worsening disasters

The NSW Reconstruction Authority has warned that the damages bill for natural disasters will hit $9.1 billion annually if action is not taken.

  • by Laura Chung
Hook, line and sinker: Fishing for blue groper banned in NSW
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Hook, line and sinker: Fishing for blue groper banned in NSW

Two spearfishing incidents in Sydney and Jervis Bay sparked widespread community outrage. The state government has now outlawed line fishing for the “puppy dogs of the sea”. 

  • by Laura Chung
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When everyone else lost power, Kate’s stayed on. Here’s why

When everyone else lost power, Kate’s stayed on. Here’s why

Many communities and individuals have opted to take matters into their own hands, investing in solar panels on rooftops, household batteries, and electric vehicles could be used to power the grid. 

  • by Laura Chung
Could you survive an Antarctic blizzard to look for mud? These scientists had no choice

Could you survive an Antarctic blizzard to look for mud? These scientists had no choice

Dr Richard Jones faced a dilemma: hunker down in the Antarctic wilderness or make a run for it?

  • by Laura Chung and Angus Dalton
Thousands of rainbow lorikeets are unable to fly and vets don’t know why

Thousands of rainbow lorikeets are unable to fly and vets don’t know why

Paralysed lorikeets have been found across northern NSW, appearing unbalanced and sometimes dying because they are unable to breathe.

  • by Laura Chung
Australia had more fatal shark attacks than anywhere in the world last year. Here’s why

Australia had more fatal shark attacks than anywhere in the world last year. Here’s why

The data, published by the University of  Florida’s International Shark Attack File, found that surfers were slightly more prevalent in the data than people swimming or wading.

  • by Laura Chung
Lucky one-millionth caller: The frog that sounds like cross between a chicken and a lawnmower

Lucky one-millionth caller: The frog that sounds like cross between a chicken and a lawnmower

The Spalding’s Rocket Frog has been recorded by one of the world’s largest citizen science projects, which has now hit one million amphibians and counting.

  • by Laura Chung

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