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Who should be responsible for our nuclear waste?

The future of our oceans depends on it.

Life Matters gets weather obsessed and tours the Bureau of Meteorology, sleep deprivation impeding our decision making, how space weather affects us all, fly fishing and reflections on a life in Tasmania’s wilderness.

These curious coral reef inhabitants have evolved some remarkable adaptations to thrive in the underwater realm.

Survey shows 87% of residents object to coal seam gas.

The critically endangered regent honey eater flies into the Hunter; we go trackside with 90-year-old Alf McLeod; meet Clyde the kelpie; and visit a vintage caravan rally.

As internal opposition to the National Energy Guarantee builds, is the PM's leadership sliding into a fresh crisis?

All this week we've brought you different aspects of how weather and climate affect how we feel, where we live and how we work. This time it was your turn to get involved.

How we work outside, and how safe we are when make that decision, is governed by daily weather patterns and long term variability.

It's time for another question from our listeners. This fortnight we try to help out Mick in Brisbane, who asks, "Does battery storage for solar power make sense now? Or should we hold off for a little longer?"

The urban heat island effect, and the impact it's having on our quality of life, is not just evident in our cities but also our towns. In our third part of Whatever the Weather, we discuss the ways we can turn those rising temperatures around before they severely affect population across the country.

The urban heat island effect, and the impact it's having on our quality of life, is not just evident in our cities but also our towns. In our third part of Whatever the Weather, we discuss the ways we can turn those rising temperatures around before they severely affect population across the country.

The 25 Zero Project.  Twenty-five mountains on the equator have glaciers at their peaks. Unless we slow down climate change, in twenty-five years there will be zero ice. 25 Zero.

As temperatures rise, corals die and glaciers on the top of equatorial mountains melt away. The race to climate-proof iconic ecosytems.

The Great Barrier Reef faces warming oceans, more frequent and extreme cyclones and increased numbers of predator starfish. The race is on to build the resilience of coral reefs to survive these many threats.

Debate over the National Energy Guarantee has dominated headlines, here's what it actually involves.

As many as eight government MPs opposed the NEG in that meeting, and have reserved their right to cross the floor when it comes before Parliament.

Plunking yourself into a bath fairly full with water makes the water level rise — and overflow. What about ships and the ocean?

As part of our weather coverage for Science Week, Life Matters takes you behind the scenes of Australia's Bureau of Meteorology — the national hub of forecasting, emergency response and climate science.

As part of our weather coverage for Science Week, Life Matters takes you behind the scenes of Australia's Bureau of Meteorology — the national hub of forecasting, emergency response and climate science.