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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Call to extend funding for Indigenous rangers program
Indigenous rangers are on the frontline of the battle to protect Australia's natural environment from noxious weeds, feral animals and dangerous wildfires.
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President Trump moves to unwind climate regulations
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to repeal the climate change efforts of his predecessor Barack Obama.
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Government business on company tax cuts disrupted by crossbench
The Senate crossbench is holding up the government's $48 billion plan to cut the company tax rate.
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A new age of discovery, cardboard gliders and the Living Transport Lab
We're discovering new species at an accelerating rate. The disposable cardboard glider or the living transport system? Not quite, they're something completely different.
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Concern on sharp decline of dwarf minke whale sightings
The Minke Whale Project records observations from the public. Recent sightings of dwarf minke whales are down.
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Chance cyclone saved southern GBR from 2016 bleaching
In February 2016 Cyclone Winston saved the southern Great Barrier Reef from severe bleaching due to extreme water temperatures. The intense rainfall helped cool ocean waters.
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Pipis and Prejudice
Tensions in the small town grow, and 'piss off pipi hunters' is written across a public toilet wall. And all the while, under the sand at the beach, a small clam opens up its gills and filters its phytoplankton dinner off the incoming tide.
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Earth Hour celebrates its 10 year anniversary
On Saturday, people in 7-thousand cities across the world will turn their lights off to mark Earth Hour.
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Tim Wilson condemns One Nation Islam stance, supports law change for same-sex marriage
The government is still being niggled from inside and outside the party coalition on two issues; 18C and same-sex marriage.
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Life giving water
Water is an essential resource we need to share equitably with each other and the natural world.
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Our most precious liquid
Water is an essential resource we need to share it equitably with each other and the natural world.
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Back-to-back mass bleaching confirmed for GBR
Latest aerial surveys confirm 2017 as the fourth mass bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef in the past 19 years.
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Victoria will continue to have reliable power: Andrews
Vic Premier Daniel Andrews wants 'a proper national debate' about energy with less point scoring.
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Still enough power to get Victoria through: Tony Wood
Loss of Hazelwood will have an impact, says Grattan Institute.
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After Hazelwood, what next for the Latrobe Valley?
Short term profits but long term uncertainty for Victoria's three remaining brown coal fired power generators.
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Spike in Queensland landclearing
A new report analysing official Queensland government data reveals landclearing notifications have spiked to 273,000 ha of remnant or high value bushland since July last year
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Calls to restore Lake Pedder at cost of hydro scheme
There's a renewed push in Tasmania to reduce the output of a big hydro scheme for the sake of tourism.
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Aquaculture in Indonesia
What do we know about science in Indonesia? We rarely hear about what LIPI is doing — Indonesia's equivalent of the CSIRO. During her time there, Mari Rhydwen discovered the country's different approach to science — and ‘different ways of being’.
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Stripping carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
A resin absorbs carbon dioxide when dry, releasing it when wet.
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Mission to observe Arctic climate from 2019
The Arctic is a warming hotspot, showing the fastest warming of any area on Earth, way faster than predicted.
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