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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UN talks in Marrakech aim to develop a 'rulebook' for action on climate change
Politicians and environmental activists have converged on Marrakech to participate in the 22nd round of climate talks.
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Illegal wildlife poaching reaches unprecedented levels
A new report has found illegal poaching and trafficking of wildlife continues to rise as Asian demand reaches new heights.
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Scientists working to discover what music birds like
Scientists at Rutgers University in New Jersey are trying to identify what kinds of music different bird species prefer by using a specially designed bird feeder.
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NSW landclearing laws a 'loss' for action on climate change: Possingham
The dispute over biodiversity and climate change impacts of new landclearing laws in NSW continues.
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Indigenous rangers research Gulf mangrove dieback
Indigenous rangers have joined efforts to get to the bottom of this year's unprecedented mass dieback of mangroves in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
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Energy efficiency the new 'first fuel': IEA
Energy efficiency is the 'cheapest and cleanest' form of fuel—and countries are increasingly realising it's a resource they haven't tapped into, says the International Energy Agency.
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Paris climate agreement 'extremely vulnerable' to US withdrawal: ANU academic
Dr Luke Kemp says the Paris climate agreement needs to be amended to deal with 'renegade states' who may withdraw in the future—including the US—if President-elect Trump follows through on recent threats.
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Wooden skyscrapers and bacterial concrete
Transparent wood and cement generated by bacteria - New materials promise to change the way we build houses in the future.
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Wooden skyscrapers and bacterial concrete
Transparent wood and cement generated by bacteria - New materials promise to change the way we build houses in the future.
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Unstable Relations
The history and future of Indigenous-environmentalist relations in Australia.
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Sarah Wheeler on water scarcity
What would happen if water became scarce? It's a prospect that keeps Sarah Wheeler awake at night
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If I could talk to the animals
Every day, tiny brightly coloured birds are offering a critique of our environmental management, if only we could understand what they were saying.
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Anyone for climate change sorbet?
Can I introduce you to the word gastronification? In the case of an event in Berlin it involved eating climate change as sorbet.
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Paris climate agreement is 'not dead': Frydenberg
Despite threats by the US President-elect Donald Trump to withdraw from the Paris Climate agreement, 'no one country can unilaterally end the agreement', says Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg.
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Darling River summit call
The Broken Hill Mayor is calling for a summit to address the management of the Darling River system as the city's water crisis ends.
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Tagging turtles on Rosemary Island and harvesting edible flowers
Volunteers are tagging turtles off the Pilbara coast, and we check out new-age hoof care for horses. Old fridges and bath tubs get a new lease of life in the Beswick community garden, and we visit an edible flower farm off the coast of Brisbane.
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Climate of emotion: hope
Finding hope and taking positive action can be a tricky thing to do, when it comes to climate change.
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System black
When a massive storm ripped through South Australia the state went into 'system black'. With the blackout barely hours old it became a political football. David Lewis investigates
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New approach to provide clean water for poor communities
Local plant materials, modified simply, provide promise in cleaning water contaminated with heavy metals.
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Geoengineering - best used early and sparingly, not in response to a crisis
Oliver Morton argues that climate change poses severe, possibly catastrophic risks, and that the current approach may not be enough to keep temperatures within the boundary agreed to in international agreements.
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