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Food Bowl To Dust Bowl?
14 Aug 2008
While reports generally indicate there will be less water in the southern part of Australia in years to come, farmers are adamant they can adapt to using less water, changing their crops and how they use them. Alongside this are techniques that monitor how much water is needed to sustain the...
National Curriculum Year 8
Fire, Flood And Acid Mud: The Flood Pulse
01 May 2008
Professor Richard Kingsford shows the effect of the flood pulse down the Paroo River, and discusses the effect of regulating the river flows on other parts of the Murray-Darling Basin, eg on bird life and trees.
National Curriculum Year 9
Catalyst: Coal Gas
22 Oct 2009
The program provides information about two new technologies being used to unlock energy from coal; underground coal gasification (UCG) and coal seam gas (CSG). These reduce the risks from mining the coal and then burning it. The technologies are being applied to coal seams in Queensland that are...
National Curriculum Year 9
Fire, Flood And Acid Mud: Acid Mud
01 May 2008
A range of Australian scientists explain the effects on wetlands of regulating the natural highs and lows of the Murray River water flow, resulting in acid sulfate soils. One wetland has a pH equivalent to that of a car battery. It outlines the chemistry involved - formation of sulfuric acid,...
National Curriculum Year 7
Last Chance For The Murray-Darling Say Scientists
23 Nov 2009
A presentation by an environment reporter on the issue of lack of water in the Murray-Darling River system as raised by a number of scientists in a report to the Federal Government. A number of the scientists also present their view of the situation.
National Curriculum Year 10
Murray-Darling Basin Quiz
04 Nov 2009
This quiz highlights issues specific to the Murray-Darling Basin, but are examples of common Australian environmental problems resulting from human activities. This is a non-threatening activity that provides excellent explanations as feedback.
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 9 and 10
Food bowl to dustbowl?
14 Aug 2008
The Murray-Darling Basin grows more than one fifth of all the food produced in Australia, but how will it respond to dwindling water supplies? The complex political, economic, scientific and legal issues associated with the management of this vital area.
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 11 and 12
