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Is climate change supercharging Tropical Cyclone Alfred as it powers towards Australia?

Cyclone Alfred formed in the Coral Sea towards the end of February when sea surface temperatures were almost 1C hotter than usual

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Cyclone Alfred is expected to hit southeast Queensland – the first in 50 years to strike so far south

Cyclone Alfred is expected to hit southeast Queensland – the first in 50 years to strike so far south

If you’re in southeast Queensland, brace yourself.

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‘I need to survive’: rower attempting to cross Pacific activates emergency beacon off Queensland near Cyclone Alfred

‘I need to survive’: rower attempting to cross Pacific activates emergency beacon off Queensland near Cyclone Alfred

Australian navy ship heading to Coral Sea after Aurimas Mockus calls for help one week out from reaching Queensland

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Aurimas Mockus has been rowing across the Pacific for months. Now he’s weeks from Australia – if he can avoid Cyclone Alfred

Lithuanian has battled solitude, a whirlpool and unfavourable winds. But now, as he approaches Brisbane, a ‘powerful’ storm is forming near the Coral Sea

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Australia condemns ‘unsafe’ airspace encounter and rejects Chinese allegations RAAF plane ‘deliberately intruded’

Australian defence department says it is monitoring three Chinese ships in the Coral Sea

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Cyclone threat looms for rain-battered region

A region recovering from heavy rain is bracing for another deluge after enduring flooding that closed a major road, with two potential cyclones on the horizon.

‘Wake-up call to humanity’: research shows the Great Barrier Reef is the hottest it’s been in 400 years

The Great Barrier Reef is vast and spectacular. But repeated mass coral bleachings, driven by high ocean temperatures, are threatening the survival of coral colonies which are the backbone of the reef.

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Feat of clay: oldest pottery sheds light on trade route

Feat of clay: oldest pottery sheds light on trade route

A collaboration between traditional owners and researchers has uncovered the oldest pottery made in Australia on an island in the Great Barrier Reef.

Tropical Cyclone Kirrily: are back-to-back summer storms normal for Queensland?

Tropical Cyclone Kirrily: are back-to-back summer storms normal for Queensland?

Above-average sea surface temperatures are fuelling the state’s second cyclone of the summer, but weather experts say it’s not uncommon for consecutive storms to form close together

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Cyclone menace forming on doorstep of flood-hit region

Cyclone menace forming on doorstep of flood-hit region

A rapidly forming cyclone is forecast to unleash damaging winds and heavy rain on far north Queensland, barely a month after wild weather devastated the region.

Cyclone brewing with northern Australia on flood watch

Cyclone brewing with northern Australia on flood watch

Another storm threat has northern Australia's flood-hit regions on high alert as Cyclone Kirrily takes shape in the Coral Sea.

Flood-hit regions brace for more rain, Cyclone Kirrily

Flood-hit regions brace for more rain, Cyclone Kirrily

Australia's flood-hit regions are bracing for a second natural disaster in barely a month as Cyclone Kirrily threatens to form off the coast.

Northern Australia's big wet continues, cyclone builds

Northern Australia's big wet continues, cyclone builds

The big wet continues across Australia's north as a cyclone builds in the Coral Sea but conditions have eased in the southeast.

Season's first tropical cyclone could impact Qld coast

Season's first tropical cyclone could impact Qld coast

Tropical Cyclone Jasper has formed 1500km northeast of Cairns as a category one system and is expected to strengthen as it moves towards the coast.

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3 sailors reach land safely after sharks nearly sink their catamaran in the Coral Sea

Three round-the-world sailors have reached land safely after sharks nearly sank their catamaran in the Coral Sea

From humble beginnings, tiny Lizard Island is a major player on the global research stage

It has been 50 years since a couple of tents were the humble beginnings of what's become an internationally renowned research station on one of Australia's most remote tropical, tiny islands in the Coral Sea.

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