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.
Updated: 1 hour 38 min ago
Is it possible to take an ethical holiday?
What are holidays for? What ethical considerations ought to constrain trips to remote and overseas communities? Is tourism just the latest manifestation of the colonial impulse?
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Mpemba effect
If you want to freeze some water, you might want to heat it up first.
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Timorese workers pick territory mangoes and at 86 Ivan the butcher calls it a day
Timorese seasonal workers are picking mangoes in the territory; we visit a daylily farm; go on a wildlife boat tour; and Ivan McNally hangs up his butcher's apron aged 86.
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A Big Country
Timorese seasonal workers are picking mangoes in the territory; we visit a daylily farm; go on a wildlife boat tour; and Ivan McNally hangs up his butcher's apron aged 86.
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China 'deadly serious' about getting out of 'the coal trap': Charles Bedford
Concerns over air pollution, food security and the loss of forests are driving the Chinese response to climate change, according to Charles Bedford from The Nature Conservancy.
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Unique rivers deserve protection, say graziers and water experts
Unconventional gas development could threaten the unique desert rivers of the Lake Eyre Basin, according to contributors to a new book.
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The making of Vietnam
A history of Vietnam from the earliest times to the present.
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Teenage refugees go bush and crowdfunding saves a fish
Teenage refugees go bush to tell their stories; country kids polish up their team sports skills; crowdfunding helps save a native fish; and meet Kempsey's stamp lady, Lyn Saul.
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Heard Island and Australia in the Antarctic
Australia in the Antarctic and the story of Heard Island, a tiny, volcanic dot on the map.
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A new model for the electricity network
Continuing her talk from last week, Alison Crook outlines a new model for electricity generation, distribution and retailing, moving power to the people with the promise of cleaner electricity and lower prices.
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The making of Vietnam
A history of Vietnam from the earliest times to the present.
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Climate risk
Moves to disclose the effects of climate change on homes, roads, dams and property are part of a global push to report climate risk to protect financial stability.
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A Big Country
Teenage refugees go bush to tell their stories; country kids polish up their team sports skills; crowdfunding helps save a native fish; and meet Kempsey's stamp lady, Lyn Saul.
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Fraser Island marks 25 years as world heritage site
It has been a quarter of a century since the world's largest sand island was listed on the World Heritage register.
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How do big cities control their underground rodents?
America's most famous rodentologist joins RN Drive to talk rats in metro areas.
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Protecting little tern sites and meet an 86-year-old stock agent
We look for nesting sites of the little tern; meet a former FIFO miner turned chicken farmer; open the gate to social farming; and pen up sheep with 86-year-old stock agent Linton Bradley.
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Why we deny the science
In this age of contested political issues and unchecked information, we examine the psychological tricks and the quirks of neuroscience which often lead us to believe untruths and ignore the facts.
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Fire ant threat: Mismanagement of Australia’s eradication effort
Whistleblowers accuse the agency in charge of the largest pest eradication effort in Australia’s history of mismanagement.
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Student essay winner explores potential solution to persistent plastic
14-year-old Ebony Wallin wrote about the discovery that some caterpillars can eat the thin polyethylene used to make many plastic shopping bags.
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