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Researchers have found Melbourne’s pollen season is starting earlier and giong for longer, which could mean more days per year when thunderstorm asthma consitions arise.

Melbourne is the thunderstorm asthma capital of the world. And the pollen season is getting longer

Melbourne is also the allergy capital of the world, and a longer pollen season will exacerbate it.

  • Wendy Tuohy

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Ningaloo bleaching February 2025.

‘Underwater bushfire’: Half of WA coastline enduring reef-threatening marine heatwave

“We really need to grasp the fact that the greatest economic opportunity for business and the necessity for science is to stop building fossil fuels,” Andrew Forrest said.

  • Poppy Johnston
Gwenaelle and Camille Barton playing at Ethabuka Reserve after the monsoonal rains.

The beauty and the terror of the inland sea flooding the outback

Floodwaters from “exceptional” monsoonal rains in western Queensland were devastating for many graziers but are already breathing new life into the normally dry landscapes of the interior.

  • Nick O'Malley and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Erosion at The Entrance after huge swells, shared by local MP David Mehan.

Ocean swells erode beachfront properties on Central Coast

A huge surge has caused landslips underneath beachfront properties at two communities at the heart of a heated debate over plans to build seawalls.

  • Jessica McSweeney and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Scientists catch, tattoo and release cleaner wrasse fish on Lizard Island as part of a behavioural research project.

The scientists working to keep the ‘lights’ on at the Great Barrier Reef

Mass coral mortality is the worst it has ever been. Some experts say neither side of politics is prepared to reckon with reality.

  • Angus Dalton
Scientists are hoping to find a way to save the coral on the Great Barrier Reef from climate change.

This is the heartbeat of efforts to save a global icon. Is it too late?

A new generation of scientists are refusing to give up on the Great Barrier Reef.

  • Angus Dalton and Janie Barrett
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Satellite image of Hurricane Milton in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.

Trump’s cuts could affect Australia’s capacity to predict storms

A wholesale gutting of the United States weather service is placing international weather and climate modelling at risk.

  • Bianca Hall
The 14 kilogram pup is learning to swim and hold its breath.

Endangered Australian sea lion pup born at Taronga

The birth of one of Australia’s rarest marine predators has injected critical genetic diversity into the zoo’s captive insurance population.

  • Angus Dalton
Matt Kean in Berowra Valley National Park in northern Sydney: “We’ve got a chance to have some of the cheapest energy bills anywhere in the world.”

Death threats, 3am texts: Former Liberal MP Matt Kean on becoming a climate champion

His stance on global warming has earned him powerful enemies – but the Climate Change Authority chair believes the stakes are too high to beat about the bush.

  • Anne Hyland
Climate change report

Confirmed: 2024 was the hottest year on record in the air and the oceans

Although warming around the world rose last year, the United Nations’ lead climate agency says there is still time to act.

  • Nick O'Malley

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