Bushfire boundaries 1980-2022

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.

  • The Visual Stories Team andLaura Chung

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Scientists monitored 27 sites around the Keppel Islands,in the Great Barrier Reef,and found moderate to severe coral bleaching.

Record temperatures cause new Great Barrier Reef bleaching

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

  • Laura Chung
Fires are burning in Victoria,while NSW braces for severe thunderstorms in the latest wild weather to sweep across Australia.

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.

  • Laura Chung
Nine trees along the Balmoral foreshore have had holes drilled into them in an act of vandalism.

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.

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

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.

  • Laura Chung
Fishing for the Blue Groper will be made illegal.

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”.

  • Laura Chung
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Kate Nottingham’s off-the-grid house kept the lights on during Victoria’s blackout.

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.

  • Laura Chung
Dr Richard Jones and his team drilling into the bedrock.

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?

  • Laura Chung andAngus Dalton
Thousands of rainbow lorikeets are turning up paralysed along the coast.

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.

  • Laura Chung
Tiger sharks are among the three most likely sharks to bite ocean goers.

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.

  • Laura Chung