Episodes

  • Unprecedented bleaching across WA's reefs from last year's marine heatwave

    Unprecedented bleaching across WA's reefs from last year's marine heatwave
    Aug 12 2025
    Last summer's marine heat wave was the largest and most intense on record in Western Australia, says a new report from the Australian Institute of Marine Science. The sustained heat has caused unprecedented bleaching across Western Australia's reefs, with experts saying it could take months to uncover the full extent of the damage.
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    4 mins
  • Government told to be ambitious on emissions reduction: Coalition MPs say scrap the plans

    Government told to be ambitious on emissions reduction: Coalition MPs say scrap the plans
    Jul 29 2025
    The government is under pressure from the United Nations and the crossbench to set an ambitious climate target. It comes as some coalition backbenchers are pushing for net zero to be scrapped all together.
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    3 mins
  • Embrace clean energy says UN climate chief: or put Australia's living standards at risk

    Embrace clean energy says UN climate chief: or put Australia's living standards at risk
    Jul 28 2025
    The UN's top climate diplomat is in Australia, and is urging Australia to aim high when it reveals its carbon emissions reduction target later this year. But it's an issue heavily coated in politics.... and not the only climate change related issue Australia is dealing with right now..
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    4 mins
  • Top court delivers landmark ruling on global obligations to curb climate change

    Top court delivers landmark ruling on global obligations to curb climate change
    Jul 24 2025
    The International Court of Justice has delivered a historic ruling on international climate obligations, opening the door for possible reparations. After a lengthy campaign led by law students in Pacific Island nations, the world's top court has declared individual states have a legal duty to tackle climate change.
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    9 mins
  • Libraries usually like bookworms - but not these ones

    Libraries usually like bookworms - but not these ones
    Jul 19 2025
    Hungary's oldest library is fighting a beetle infestation. The creatures have been found in a section of the 1,000 year-old Pannonhalma Archabbey library, housing around a quarter of the abbey's 400,000 volumes. It's prompted workers to pull tens of thousands of centuries-old books from the shelves of the mediaeval abbey in an effort to save them.
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    5 mins
  • Strong demand from Tuvalu for Australian residency as visa lottery closes

    Strong demand from Tuvalu for Australian residency as visa lottery closes
    Jul 19 2025
    280 Tuvalu citizens will be granted permanent residency each year as part of a landmark pact with Australia. But for some, the offer is bitter-sweet, as their island-home disappears.
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    5 mins
  • Love will keep driving us: Torres Strait Islander 'in shock' after landmark climate case dismissed

    Love will keep driving us: Torres Strait Islander 'in shock' after landmark climate case dismissed
    Jul 15 2025
    The Federal Court has dismissed a landmark case which argued the federal government breached its duty of care to protect the Torres Strait Islands from climate change. The case, brought by Traditional Owners Uncle Pabai Pabai and Uncle Paul Kabai in 2021, argued the government held a duty of care to the Indigenous peoples and alleged that its failure to adequately reduce emissions has contributed to harm of their island communities. Justice Michael Wigney delivered the Federal Court's ruling, says the government had no such duty in this case.
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    6 mins
  • Not so sweet: explaining the impact of sugar substitutes on the environment

    Not so sweet: explaining the impact of sugar substitutes on the environment
    Jul 14 2025
    Environmental researchers are calling for greater attention and potential regulation of artificial sweeteners, as they are building up in the environment and waterways around the world. A new study out of the University of Technology, Sydney [[UTS]] has found widely-used sugar substitutes are not decomposing and are turning into 'forever chemicals' that are comparable to P-FAS in the potential harm to animals and the ecosystem. P-FAS is a commonly used acronym for poly fluoro-alkyl substances - a group of man-made chemicals commonly used in water-resistant and non-stick items. P-FAS has been identified in a growing body of research as a toxin and carcinogen with proven negative impacts on the environment and human health.
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    4 mins