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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Victoria mandates ambitious renewable energy target
Victoria aims to source 40 per cent of its energy from renewables. Is it possible?
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Whitsunday reef plan concerns
Environmentalists and tourist operators have criticised the release of a new management plan for the Whitsunday region in north Queensland just months after Cyclone Debbie caused massive environmental damage.
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More extreme weather to come: Scientist
Dr David Grimes says the Earth's climate system has entered a new meteorological era.
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Scotland’s first female gamekeeper
Scotland's first female gamekeeper, Portia Simpson, reveals how she broke into a traditionally conservative, male-dominated profession.
She shares her unique and compelling account of the day-to-day life of a huntswoman.
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The long lives of trapdoor spiders
Most spiders live up to 12 months. But not trapdoors. Females of the species can live upwards of 20 years.
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Living on a conservation reserve and delivering library books outback
Living and working on a remote conservation reserve in outback Queensland; we saddle up for a lesson in cowboy dressage; go riding with disabled children; and get a delivery from the Outback Letterbox Library.
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Scotland’s first female gamekeeper
Scotland's first female gamekeeper, Portia Simpson, reveals how she broke into a traditionally conservative, male-dominated profession.
She shares her unique and compelling account of the day-to-day life of a huntswoman.
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A Big Country
Living and working on a remote conservation reserve in outback Queensland; we saddle up for a lesson in cowboy dressage; go riding with disabled children; and get a delivery from the Outback Letterbox Library.
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'Insure' Great Barrier Reef for billions to protect and restore its ecosystem values: Nature Conservancy
Coral reefs, coastal mangroves and even forests could be insured to help pay for their protection and restoration, says the Nature Conservancy.
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Five challenges for governments now
Governments need to step up to deal with technology-driven social change.
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Eric Rolls and the Pilliga
Eric Rolls was a rare combination; farmer, poet, self-taught naturalist and historian. He also wrote Australia’s first true environmental history
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The environmental impact of electric cars
Battery powered vehicles are not as green as they are promoted due to the environmental economic, and geopolitical consequences from mining for minerals to their eventual disposal.
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The platypus
The platypus is a unique curiosity only found in Australia with a worldwide fascination but we don't know that much about them or what's threatening their populations.
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This is what a giant sounds like
They might be 'slow-moving' and 'very plump' but these giant Australian frogs are next to impossible to find.
Stay tuned for the return of Off Track, when the new season starts in six weeks.
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Research Filter: Dark matter and landmark findings on miscarriage
RN Drive brings you the latest from the wide world of scientific research.
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A treaty to ban nuclear weapons
Ramesh Thakur says that the boycott on the US ban the bomb conference was an open act of defiance and disrespect of a multilateral mandated disarmament process.
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Flesh-eating sea lice to blame for attack on teenager Sam Kanizay
His legs and feet were bleeding profusely after he went for a paddle at Brighton beach in Melbourne on Sunday.
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Saving Derby
Foresters and mountain bike riders face-off in the tiny Tassie town of Derby.
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Changing cities for the future
Cities see concentrations of waste and pollution. There are large savings to be made. Some cities are changing fast, acknowledging new approaches to energy production and transport. Matt Smith reports.
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Any louder and that frog will explode [part two]
It's all very well recording the sound that a frog makes, but what are they trying to say?
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