ABC Environment

In coming weeks, the Murray-Darling Basin Authority will release its emergency response plan for this year's predicted long, hot summer that will hit already stressed rivers in the basin.

There is undoubtedly a great need for climate science research to be communicated to the public in a manner that is clear, compelling and that cannot readily be captured, let alone dismissed, by partisan politics. Andrew Pitman joins us to discuss whether climate research can be communicated without pandering to the epistemological and political deficiencies of our time.

A standoff over sacred trees in Victoria could derail an ongoing treaty process. RN Breakfast speaks with former Greens MP Lidia Thorpe and Vic Transport Minister Jacinta Allan.

The French President has hit back at the Brazilian President for mocking Mr Macron's wife, following a dispute over Mr Bolsonaro's alleged role in the Amazon fires.

The NSW Government is warning of "a potential fish Armageddon", saying low rainfall and high temperatures could make this year's carnage even worse than last summer's.

Does diversity training do what it's supposed to? How can you tell? Should Australia invest in nuclear energy or is that a step too far? What does it mean to be woke and is mindfulness the answer to our problems?

The battlelines are drawn, brains tuned, arguments sharpened and teeth gnashing as two teams go head to head at the BeakerStreet@TMAG festival at Hobart's Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery for National Science Week. Your fearless adjudicator, Science Friction host Natasha Mitchell, cannot and will not be bribed*. (*Except with wombats).

We may clean and scrub, but our homes remain full of chemicals. We bring them in and spread them around. Cleaning products, personal hygiene products, and cooking all introduce chemicals often as volatile gases. But how do they interact?

They are the most trafficked animal in the world. New methods will help trace their origins.

Sulphur-crested cockatoos are opening wheelie bins and turning trash into treasure.

The NSW Water Minister is contesting the findings of a state government report into the health of the Barwon-Darling river.

RN Drive's Research Filter sifts through some of the most interesting science news of the week, and sorts fact from fiction.

Australia has announced it will soon ban the domestic trade of ivory and rhino horn to curb "back-door" trading.

Victoria and New South Wales are facing the prospect of major summer blackouts, unless additional energy supplies are secured.

The appointment of receivers to one of Australia's biggest curb-side recyclers has prompted calls for greater urgency in finding long term solutions.

SKM Recycling goes into receivership, as 30 Victorian councils scramble to stop recyclable waste going to landfill.

A lot of us like a lush looking, freshly mowed lawn, but there may be more sustainable options we can also enjoy.

The Qld Government has introduced legislation targeting members of the group known as Extinction Rebellion, who they have called "extremist protesters".

A zoologist will join a camel expedition into the Queensland desert today as part of a crowd-funded search for a potentially extinct rabbit-sized kangaroo.

Shadow Defence Minister Richard Marles joins RN Breakfast to discuss Papua New Guinea's request for budget support from Australia.