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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Vulnerable animals and private land
The ANU's Dr George Wilson has long been worried about the way our animals are disappearing from the landscape. Could market forces play a role in conservation?
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Whales possible first megafauna victims of warming
Toxic micro-organisms, the result of warming ocean waters, are thought to have caused the mass death of thousands of sei whales in Chilean Patagonia in 2015.
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The improbable tale of the outback fish
How does a fish the size of a toothbrush head, with bright red fins and big blue eyes, end up living in a puddle of water in the middle of the Australian outback? This story is about one of the rarest fish species in the world, and it's simply epic.
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Bucket list travel for the disappearing
Is last chance tourism killing the places we love?
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A Big Country
This week meet hypnotist and water diviner Ziggy Sieczka; horses and riders bond in a mustering camp; we take a carriage ride around Clermont; and a former Melbourne teacher swaps cold Victoria for life in the Northern Territory.
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Cosmic Vertigo presents.. Off Track
Missing Cosmic Vertigo? Well, check out this story about a telescope so powerful it listens to time..
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Shorten: Recognition first, then treaty
Hundreds of Indigenous delegates are discussing the future of their peoples in a historic meeting at Uluru, but what the nation's leaders advocate for?
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Permafrost melt sparks concerns for 'Doomsday' seed vault on remote Norwegian island
There are concerns about the security of the samples in the world's "doomsday" seed vault that holds a back-up collection of more than 900,000 of seeds from across the globe.
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The Arnavon Islands: turtle breeding ground becomes first national park for Solomon Islands
The Arnavon Islands are the largest rookery for the critically endangered hawksbill turtle in the South Pacific.
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Kinder kids connect with the bush, and learn how to handle an alpaca
Natimuk pre-schoolers go bush for outdoor kinder; Miriwoong man David Newry goes searching for native bananas; an Irish lass swaps Belfast for an outback pub; and we go to an alpaca handling school.
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Plants in the southern hemisphere
The southern continents were once united as the supercontinent Gondwana, but does this explain the links between the plants of the southern hemisphere? Dr Barbara Briggs travelled to Madagascar to find out.
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Plants in the southern hemisphere
The southern continents were once united as the supercontinent Gondwana, but does this explain the links between the plants of the southern hemisphere? Dr Barbara Briggs travelled to Madagascar to find out.
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The little Aussie shopping bag replacing plastic in the war on waste
Boomerang Bags is an Australian solution to plastic pollution that's gone global.
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The Arnavon Islands: turtle breeding ground becomes first national park for Solomon Islands
The Arnavon Islands are the largest rookery for the critically endangered hawksbill turtle in the South Pacific.
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A Big Country
Natimuk pre-schoolers go bush for outdoor kinder; Miriwoong man David Newry goes searching for native bananas; an Irish lass swaps Belfast for an outback pub; and we go to an alpaca handling school.
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AEMO and ARENA to pay electricity users to cut their usage in 'demand response' trial
Would you like to be paid to use less electricity? That's the idea behind a new trial of a concept known as "demand response", launched by the energy market operator AEMO and the renewable energy agency ARENA
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Commonwealth endorses 'revolutionary approach' to cutting carbon
A new approach endorsed by a meeting of the Commonwealth secretariat overnight would cut carbon emissions while still accelerating economic growth and development.
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War on waste waging in Geelong
Have you ever stopped to think about how many mussel shells are ending up in landfill? Something to think about when you next feast on a steaming hot bowl of mussels.
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A war on food waste
Why wouldn't a straight banana make it onto a supermarket shelf?
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