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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How warm arctic weather caused the 'Beast from the East'
Record temperatures in the Arctic have pushed cold air further south.
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Radical histories for uncanny times
Do we need a new frame of reference to truly understand our environmental emergency?
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Australia's growing rate of electronic waste
Should Australian businesses be doing more to recycle their electronic waste?
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Power station license review looks to tighten cap on emissions
Environmentalists say Australian emission standards are lax compared to the US, Europe and China and it's putting people at risk.
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Transforming suburbia
What does it mean to live sustainably in our suburbs?
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Victoria to consider building a waste-to-energy plant
Everyday, Australians generate a lot of rubbish, and much of it ends up in landfill. Should we be turning that landfill into electricity?
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Feeding the firies and reviving the local show
Meet the catering brigade - the often forgotten volunteers of the RFS; the endangered Mary River cod is making a comeback; Sydney's Vietnamese community picks their own lychees; and the Darkan show is back after 60 years.
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Deep Water Horizon spill killed more than one thousand marine mammals
There were no models to help predict the behaviour of the released oil. It affected tens of thousands of fish and other marine creatures including turtles and marine grasses.
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Cleaning products, pesticides, paints and personal products a major source of urban air pollution
They begin a cascade of reactions which produce air pollutants harmful to humans and other animals.
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President Trump blocks out science
Over a year since his inauguration and President Trump remains without a science advisor.
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A Big Country
Meet the catering brigade - the often forgotten volunteers of the RFS; the endangered Mary River cod is making a comeback; Sydney's Vietnamese community picks their own lychees; and the Darkan show is back after 60 years.
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Why you need to start thinking about waste management
Think about how much rubbish you accumulate in 24 hours: food-wrappers, drink bottles, and other assorted rubbish.
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A new solar reality
Professor Martin Green queries how we dispel the lingering pessimism in Canberra over solar and expand the use of this remarkable technology?
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Best of Life Matters: timing your life, dental decay rife in young mouths, polyamorous Valentines, is Omega 3 in tins?, & science women stand strong globally
You do your best work depending on whether you're more lark or owl, baby teeth extractions are rife and dentists are alarmed, how polyamorists celebrate Valentines, does tinned fish contain Omega 3?, and 80 women scientists take their place at the global table.
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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.
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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.
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US Foreign Policy issues
We canvas the big foreign policy issues facing the United States and the world in 2018.
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US Foreign Policy issues
We canvas the big foreign policy issues facing the United States and the world in 2018.
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Australia's new extinction crisis
With over 1,800 plant and animal species endangered, Australia faces a new extinction crisis. Can we reverse this disturbing trend?
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The life below the Brisbane River
You can't see through the murky water of the Brisbane River, but when you have an underwater microphone you can listen to the life below.
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