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.
Updated: 2 hours 16 min ago
Murray-Darling Basin Authority 'totally ignored climate change', Royal Commission finds
"If you're not factoring in climate change, your not factoring in the best available scientific knowledge," Richard Beasley SC said.
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Polar vortex puts American Midwest in a deep freeze
Eight people have died in the freezing temperatures, with parts of the US now colder than the North Pole and Antarctica.
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Baobabs - the travelling tree
Baobabs are also known as upside-down trees, bottle trees and in Australia - boabs. What can their genetics tell us about their travelling history?
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Murray-Darling Basin Plan slammed by SA Royal Commission
South Australian Premier Steven Marshall joins RN Drive.
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Rio Tinto & BHP endorse Uluru Statement from the Heart
Mining giants put aside competition in joint statement on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
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Murray-Darling Basin ecological disaster impacting whole river system
Some scientists say that while fish will eventually recover, other species inhabiting the river system may not.
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As North Queensland battles floods, Tasmania's weeks-long fires keep burning
From flooding rains in North Queensland to bushfires raging across Tasmania, there's been extreme weather at both ends of the country.
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Calls for a national electric vehicle strategy
Sales of electric cars are growing rapidly in Europe, Asia and North America, but their uptake in Australia has been slow.
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Menindee Lakes fish kill was out of NSW Government's hands, Niall Blair says
"The water that has gone out of those lakes has been at the call of either the Murray Darling Basin Authority, the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder, the NSW Environmental Holder, and our obligations under the plan."
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Call for joint action on obesity, undernutrition and climate change
A new report has highlighted what the three biggest threats to humanity are.
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Sydney's 'white elephant' desalination plant to boost city's water supply for the first time
Sydney's $2.3 billion desalination plant has been turned on for the first time in six years, as the city's dam levels fall below 60 per cent.
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Scientists reject NSW government's latest plan to restore water flows
Communities in the far west of New South Wales are growingly increasingly anxious about the availability of water — for both drinking and their crops.
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Menindee sees third mass fish kill in Darling River
NSW Department of Primary Industries confirms another spate of fish deaths in the Darling River near Menindee.
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The biggest butterfly of all
A search for a beguiling beauty. And a saga about people power.
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What future Antarctica?
It’s a golden time for Antarctic research, with more and more countries taking a direct interest in the great southern continent. But suspicions abound as to the real motivations of key Antarctic players.
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Eight legged wonder of the world
Spiders can be beautiful, timid, fluffy and even give up their lives for the sake of their children. [repeat]
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Israeli experts on drought management
Leading Israeli water conservationists have a timely visit to Australia as questions are asked about our river system management.
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Rural News
Federal government launches probe into fish deaths; Farmer fury over online activist map; Questions raised over live export abuse footage.
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Research Filter: weedkiller in water and solar panels
Can weedkiller damage male fertility and could solar panels cause cancer?
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Murray-Darling fish deaths no surprise to science
Scientists have long known that there is too much water being taken out of the Murray-Darling system.
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