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Dr Bethaney Turner explains the lives of slugs and snails and their key role in maintaining a healthy ecosystem so that we can start to love these gastropods.     [...]Read More... from Fall In Love With Slugs And Snails This Week

Tony Wood from the Grattan Institute outlines the events that have led to Australia’s energy crisis. [...]Read More... from Australia’s Energy Crisis Explained

Explore the world of lichens and mosses, which play a vital role in their ecosystem and stabilise the whole environment. [...]Read More... from Our World Under The Microscope

Climate change is slowing down the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation that brings warm water from the tropics up to the North Atlantic. Dr Matthew England explains what a collapse of this conveyor belt of ocean currents could mean for the world’s climate and our oceans. [...]Read More... from La Niña Could Be Here To Stay

Dr Jeremy Moss explains the need for climate justice and how we can achieve it. [...]Read More... from Climate Justice – What Is It And Why Do We Need It?

Dr Felicity Deane addresses the question: “The Morrison government wants farmers to profit from looking after the land – but will anyone want to pay?” [...]Read More... from A Biodiversity Stewardship Policy For Farmers

Could Australia’s aquatic life be harmed by a chemical found in car tyres? [...]Read More... from Toxic Car Tyres

The Australian government’s approval of land clearing is one of the reason for Australia’s high rate of species extinction. Dr Megan Evans explains how the government fails to protect our environment and threatened species like the koala. [...]Read More... from The reason for Australia’s species extinction

Miriam Hechtman joined us on Thursday Drive to talk about her new poetry book, Alphabet of Women. The book is a collaboration between 26 female poets, who wrote works inspired by a specific letter of the alphabet, and address issues in womanhood such as politics, the body, motherhood, tenderness, and everything in between. [...]Read More... from Miriam Hechtman: Alphabet of Women on Thursday Drive

Cedric Burnside is the grandson of RL (Big Daddy) Burnside and is heavily steeped in the gentle blues of the North Mississippi hill country. David Barr talks to him about his life and music.   [...]Read More... from Cedric Burnside: His Fourth Time in Australia

For the first time, scientists use smart climate management of green spaces to reduce urban heat, turning Bicentennial Park at Sydney Olympic Park into the coolest public park in NSW. [...]Read More... from Green Infrastructure Equals Cool Towns

Freshwater mussels are vital ecosystem engineers. Poorly studied and largely ignored, freshwater mussels are dying in droves. It’s time we pay them more attention. [...]Read More... from Freshwater Mussels – Small, Vital & Under Threat