ABC Environment
The Science Show and Ockham's Razor have always brought us commentary on the environment and climate change. Now Off Track takes us out to feel the breeze. Special features can also be found on Background Briefing and our other current affairs regulars: Breakfast, RN Drive, and the weekend Extras.
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Field sound recordings show ecosystems changing fast
The Swift recording device can record natural sounds for three months, even underwater.
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Country breakfast features
This week, Australia's role in the multi-billion dollar global pet food industry; and 25 years in the making, a new custard apple variety is on the cards.
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Rural News Highlights
The complete destocking of a dairy in south east Queensland, a cattle station in the WA Pilbara and piggery in South Australia demonstrate the impact of drought and low commodity prices on farmers.
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Listen for Tigers
No one ever forgets the time that they first heard a tiger.
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Recovering the Southern Right Whale population
Southern Right Whales rely on Victoria's coastline to rest and calf during migration. Is enough being done to protect these areas?
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Scientists share real-time observations from the Arctic Ocean
An expedition of American and Canadian scientists and students has been navigating Arctic waters to study the impact of warming ocean temperatures.
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Climate change on the agenda at Pacific health ministers' meeting
A new report warns global warming is affecting the health of people in the Pacific, with more deaths from extreme weather events and a growing risk of diseases like cholera and typhoid.
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Running out of sand: part two
The future of sand is ... recycled plastic?
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How can we better drought-proof our communities?
What can we do to address the water crisis facing regional centres?
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CEFC reports drop in new investment despite record renewables uptake
The CEFC's latest annual report shows new investment shrank sharply last year, despite figures showing Australia now has the fastest rate of renewables deployment per person.
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Let's go plogging; plus, a global physical activity plan
If you like running and you care about the environment, you'll want to know about plogging
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BHP's bold statement
BHP this week upped the ante on climate change responsibility.
Andrew Mackenzie, the company's CEO, said in a landmark speech in London that he wanted to ‘reduce the impact of BHP’s products’.
This would extend to the carbon emissions of the company's customers, such as steelmakers.
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Country Breakfast features
Saltwater solution for drought towns battling brackish drinking water; Families leave the land after generations amid succession struggles; Torrita locals fight for just eight seconds of your time to slow traffic down through their town.
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One man's journey from millionaire to castaway
After Sydney mining investor David Glasheen lost millions in the 1987 stock market crash, he decided to make a drastic change.
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Victorian recycling company SKM given brief reprieve from insolvency
Victoria's recycling system remains in limbo after a court yesterday granted a major recycling company 10 days to pay its creditors or be dissolved.
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Limited places for sharks to hide from longline fishing
A new study, published in today's Nature journal, gives an insight into the threat sharks face from longline fishing.
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'I want to be part of the solution': Warringah MP Zali Steggall
Zali Steggall, the Winter Olympian turned Tony Abbott slayer, will deliver her maiden speech to Federal Parliament this morning.
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Calls for government support in academic freedom case
Freedom of speech is a favourite issue for many conservative MPs in the government, but just how involved should a federal government get in these debates?
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Australian solar industry calling for better waste regulation
Many homes now have rooftop solar. But what if those panels, which contain many valuable commodities and sometimes toxic ones, end up in landfill?
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French journalist, film crew arrested while filming Adani protesters
A French journalist and his film crew have been banned from approaching sites operated by mining giant Adani after they were arrested filming an anti-coal protest in north Queensland.
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