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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Why whales strand themselves
There's a new theory to explain why whales beach themselves in large numbers
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Bilingual app used to track endangered bilby across central Australian desert
It's a scientific blitz of massive proportions, covering millions of hectares of bush across the Northern Territory and Western Australia in the first cross border survey of the species.
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Last male northern white rhino dies
The world's last male northern white rhino has died leaving only two females left to save the subspecies from extinction.
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Antony Albanese on bushfire climate row
The Greens say climate change is to blame for to the bushfires in New South Wales and Victoria.
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Sailing to Japan
The ocean race from Melbourne to Osaka takes place on March 25th.
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Earworms from planet earth II
What does your world sound like? We asked, and you sent us earworms from planet earth. Close your eyes and take a trip.
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Deep Time Dreaming
A new book recounts developments in Aboriginal archaeology, and the insights that have emerged about ancient Australia.
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Are our efforts to reduce plastic pollution in the ocean proving futile?
Australia's contribution to plastic pollution is just a drop in the ocean compared to the amount of rubbish coming from the developing world.
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New efforts to combat Queensland's cane toad poblem
There has been some progress in the war against the toads with Queensland scientists using their own song and their own poison to trap them.
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Farmers fight back against foxes and volunteers harvest the hops
Join a feral fox hunt in Western Australia; a monster saltwater croc goes to school; we head off on a camel beach safari; and volunteers harvest the hops at Van Dieman Brewing.
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Award for fighting civilisation’s greatest challenge
Michael Mann has been acknowledged with the Award for Public Engagement with Science from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Climate changing ten times faster than historic natural variation
And sea levels are rising faster causing flooding in many coastal cities.
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River Dreams
The Cooks River is a tributary of Botany Bay in the south-east of Sydney. A new book traces the rivers history, by its environmental history.
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A Big Country
Join a feral fox hunt in Western Australia; a monster saltwater croc goes to school; we head off on a camel beach safari; and volunteers harvest the hops at Van Dieman Brewing.
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Lack of access to clean water prevents gender equity
One in three women and girls around the world do not have a decent toilet of their own, and one in nine spend hours walking to collect water.
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Optimism that dialogue between North and South Korea will lead to nuclear disarmament talks
It's hoped talks between North and South Korea will lead to a de-escalation of tension on the Korean peninsula.
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What's in the oldest known message in a bottle?
Tonya and Kym Illman discovered the oldest known message in a bottle washed up at a WA beach.
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Queensland graziers rejoice over rain, but warn drought hasn't broken
Heavy rain has many graziers celebrating but the patchy weather has left some without and even those with mud in their backyards say it's not the end of the drought yet.
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Combatting cyber bullying, shark expert Valerie Taylor and listening to create revolution
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Why South Australia has become a leader in renewable energy
Coal. There was very little in South Australia.
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