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Great Barrier Reef coral spawning

‘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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Queensland Museum at South Bank in Brisbane.

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
Julia Blunden has given up her car and now catches public transport.

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
Keith Greenbank swelters outside his house in Penrith in 40-degree heat on Friday.

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
Men stand on logs swept away by flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

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 after being arrested at a protest in Newcastle on the weekend.

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
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Rescuers evacuate the body of a flood victim in West Sumatra.

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
Rescuers carry the body of a flood victim, in Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia, on Sunday.

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
Krongkarn Jantarasavad (left) praying over her father, who missed dialysis treatment because floods had trapped him inside the family home.

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
An archaeological site of the Indus Valley Civilisation, 2500 BCE, now in modern-day Larkana District, Sindh Province, Pakistan.

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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