Climate crisis
‘A bit funky’: What it’s like to swim through the world’s largest sex act
A spectacular storm of fertility has erupted in Australia during one of the world’s most crucial and beautiful natural events.
- Angus Dalton
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Museum faces heat over gas company sponsorship of education program
The materials teach students about extreme weather, threatened species and ocean acidification, but omit a focus on the role of fossil fuels in driving climate change.
- Courtney Kruk and William Davis
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- City life
The $265 million commute: How urban sprawl is costing Melbourne
Outer-suburban residents generate 14 times more carbon emissions to get around than those in the inner city, according to research.
- Rachael Ward
Heatwave conditions predicted for large parts of Australia
Hot, dry and windy weather is fuelling extreme fire danger in south-eastern Australia, marking an ominous start to summer.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Bianca Hall
Logs became floating battering rams for homes as Indonesia reels from catastrophic floods
Authorities on the island of Sumatra say they are incapable of responding to the unfolding disaster there – killing at least 770 people – because the destruction is too vast.
- Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
Journalist Wendy Bacon arrested quelling coals to Newcastle
The 79-year-old activist was among hundreds arrested when a flotilla of kayaks blocked a coal ship in Newcastle.
- Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Death toll surpasses 1200 after simultaneous storms devastate Asia
The casualty figure is set to rise as rescuers sift through mud and debris for hundreds of people still missing across multiple countries.
- Zach Hope
More than 1000 dead in devastating fortnight of Asian storms
Hundreds more remain missing after the latest extreme weather to hit the region caused floods and landslides, in a horror wet season.
- Zach Hope
They were expecting their usual floods. What hit was a one-in-300-year monster
The southern Thailand city of Hat Yai is used to flooding. But resident Krongkarn Jantarasavad says what ended up happening was inconceivable.
- Zach Hope and Am Sandford
How an ancient civilisation survived 1000 years of climate change
The Indus River Valley in South Asia hosted one of the most advanced societies at the time, along with Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. Then it mysteriously disappeared.
- Kasha Patel
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