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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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Can Australia go coal free?

Mon, 2016-06-27 19:15
Scotland has turned off the coal burners and Costa Rica is 99 percent fossil free, but is the same possible for a country as large as Australia?
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House owned by Bondi hoarders saved from auction again

Mon, 2016-06-27 18:43
The Bobolas family home has been at the centre of a legal dispute for several years.
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Where do you belong?

Sat, 2016-06-25 18:55
RN's My Place digital storytelling project is all about the meaning we derive from place and belonging. Awaye! presenter Daniel Browning is from Fingal, a sand peninsula on the far north coast of New South Wales between the Tweed River and the Pacific Ocean - a place that is pounded by king tides and battered by erosion.
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Flying for your life: Birds without borders

Sat, 2016-06-25 10:30
The migratory birds have flown about 10,000kms all the way to the arctic for food, sex, and to hatch the next generation of flying machines.
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Backyard bird feeders study

Wed, 2016-06-22 14:06
The next phase of a national citizen science project is looking into which bird species are visiting backyard bird feeders
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Trusting tap water

Mon, 2016-06-20 19:45
Research has found that despite having excellent quality water, 40 per cent of Sydneysiders don't drink water straight from the tap.
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Flying for your life: An unlikely saviour

Sat, 2016-06-18 10:30
On the shorelines of the Yellow Sea, eight million shorebirds are probing the sediment for food, but their bellies are empty. Could their epic migration end here on this barren mudflat?
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Rhino rangers attacked

Sat, 2016-06-18 08:45
Rhino poachers in Mozambique target anti-poaching guards.
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Trusting tap water

Sat, 2016-06-18 08:20
Research has found that despite having excellent quality water, 40 per cent of Sydneysiders don't drink water straight from the tap.
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Is it time for a national container deposit recovery scheme?

Thu, 2016-06-16 13:06
BehaviourWorks Australia has recently reviewed research and data from 47 examples of CDR schemes or trials around the world. 
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Koalas hug trees to battle climate change

Tue, 2016-06-14 14:06
Koalas in the hotter, more arid parts of Australia could become extinct in the face of climate change, new modelling suggests.
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Lazarus rising to Pauline Hanson challenge as major parties make NBN, Great Barrier Reef and stadium pledges

Mon, 2016-06-13 18:15
There's a lot more to Sunshine State politics than just the major parties, with a record number of names crowding the Senate ballot paper -- including a few very recognisable ones.
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Professor Andrew Blakers

Mon, 2016-06-13 03:05
Professor Andrew Blakers says Australia receives thousands of times more solar energy from the sun each year than all the fossil fuel use combined.
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The demise of the Great Barrier Reef

Sun, 2016-06-12 09:05
A pioneer of marine science in Australia says this could be the end of the reef as we know it, even if we act now.
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The changing world of power generation and consumption

Sat, 2016-06-11 12:05
Batteries, microgrids, and the possibility of self-sufficiency are now real options for individual households, and in some cases, whole towns.
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Flying for your life: China's new great wall

Sat, 2016-06-11 10:30
Australia's migratory shorebirds have just flown 5,000 kilometres northward to stopover in the Yellow Sea. What will they find when they arrive?
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Country Breakfast Features Sat 11

Sat, 2016-06-11 06:45
From satellites giving information about soil quality to robotic fruit monitoring and water quality sensors for oysters - agricultural technology is being taken up at a rapid rate among Australia's farmers.
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The future risk of living on the coast

Tue, 2016-06-07 18:35
Will beachfront properties become uninsurable before they become uninhabitable?
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Cruising into the future - and the true cost of living digital

Sun, 2016-06-05 10:30
The cruise line industry is booming. The bigger the boats, the larger the profits. But what, if any, are the engineering and environmental limits?
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Cruising into the future - and the true cost of living digital

Sun, 2016-06-05 10:30
The cruise line industry is booming. The bigger the boats, the larger the profits. But what, if any, are the engineering and environmental limits?
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