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The Great Barrier Reef is under threat.

To lose one tourism icon is a misfortune. To lose two? Carelessness

If we lose these two icons, the effect on tourism will ultimately be the least of our problems.

  • Lee Tulloch

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Orange streams are increasingly common in northern Alaska.

Orange rivers, longer days: Nine ways our planet changed in its hottest year yet

Last year was the hottest year in history – on average more than 1.55 degrees higher than pre-industrial temperatures. The consequences range from the predicted to the utterly unexpected.

  • Nick O'Malley, Caitlin Fitzsimmons, Bianca Hall, Angus Dalton and Emma Young
Illustration: Simon Letch

It’s worse than any war or pandemic, so why are our leaders ignoring it?

Tell me I’m not dreaming: 2025 could be the year of bipartisan action on catastrophic climate change.

  • Malcolm Knox
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‘Worst fears realised’: One-third of corals dead on section of Barrier Reef

The results of the first surveys of bleached corals after a mass bleaching event show severe damage to a section of Australia’s great natural wonder.

  • Mike Foley
Portrait of Professor Frank Talbot at the annual Talbot Oration, 2023.

Marine biologist raised alarm bells over climate impact on coral reefs

Environmentalist and author Professor Tim Flannery lauded Frank Talbot as “a giant in science and in the museum world.”

There has been a 73 per cent decline in global wildlife populations since 1970, according to the latest Living Planet report.

‘Earth is sending out an SOS’: the battle to reverse wildlife losses

Wildlife populations have fallen dramatically over the past 50 years. But a new global movement aims to turn that around by 2050.

  • Bianca Hall and Nick O'Malley
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Antisemitism should not be welcome here

The stain of racist inhumanity on our country is reflected in the historically barbarous treatment of our Aboriginal population.

Flooding devastates Lismore in February 2022.

Internal documents show BoM escalated questions on climate and floods

Emails show that the Bureau of Meteorology directed staff to refer questions from journalists about floods, fires, climate change and the reef to senior management.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley
Illustration: Joe Benke

Why Australia may no longer be ‘God’s country’, according to Ajay Banga. Amen

In stark contrast to his predecessor at the World Bank, the new president is a warrior in the cause of confronting climate change.

  • Peter Hartcher
Coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef.

‘Ecological grief’: communities, economy suffer from damage to Great Barrier Reef

The Commonwealth’s five-year report card says the outlook for Australia’s world heritage ecosystem is very poor, with global warming the biggest threat.

  • Mike Foley

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