No gas across the Bass!
As Australia faces pressure to end use of fossil fuels, a new fight is emerging in Bass Strait against gas developments. Recently campaigners went to ...
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Information about marine and coastal environments. News and interviews with marine scientists, campaigners and conservation workers. Presented by volunteer broadcasters who are passionate about marine environments, both local and across the world.
Seabird-eating centipedes and the Melbourne sea slug census
In this episode, we hear from Luke Halpin, who recently discovered that giant centipedes are eating his seabird research subjects on a tiny island off...
Saving Toondah Harbour and a worrying reef study
Toondah Harbour on the coast near Brisbane is a globally significant wetland and a vital stopover for shorebirds such as the critically endangered Eas...
Squeamish about salmon?
There's been plenty of talk about Tasmania's salmon farming industry lately. Award-winning author Richard Flanagan's latest book Toxic makes a number ...
Saving Australia's unique sharks and rays
In this episode, James talks to Dr Chayya Chaudhary, a post-doctoral fellow at the Goethe Institute, about how climate change is upending the pattern ...
Dive into Port Phillip Bay
How do you keep track of what's happening in the oceans? Since 2008 the Reef Life Survey has completed more than 13,000 underwater surveys on every co...
Saving Antarctic seas
The Antarctic Peninsula is one of the fastest changing environments on the planet. Warming rapidly, its also seeing increasing pressure from fishing, ...
Strange Fish
In this episode, James chats to Zena Cumpston, a Barkandji woman and research fellow at the University of Melbourne, to find out all about eels that s...
Tiny seals! And the ocean construction boom
In this episode, we speak to Monash University Phd candidate James Rule about his exciting fossil findings on Port Phillip Bay. James and his team rec...
Plastic is in the food we eat - what can we do?
Many of us are worried about plastic pollution and its impact on the environment. But we still have a lot to learn. New research shows that microplast...