{
  "id": 10360988,
  "title": "This coral island was stripped bare by mining; an Australian pilot spent 50 years bringing it back",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/this-coral-island-was-stripped-bare-by-mining-an-australian-pilot",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T04:28:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/this-coral-island-was-stripped-bare-by-mining-an-australian-pilot-spent-50-years-bringing-it-back-101790333934618.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Stripped bare by 1800s guano mining, Lady Elliot Island was rock and rubble by 1969. One pilot's decades of tree planting brought it back to life.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}