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Sea ice loss key to Arctic warming, study
29 Apr 2010
The story reports the conclusion made by two Australian scientists, Dr James Screen and Dr Ian Simmonds from the University of Melbourne, that the cause of the faster than expected temperature rises in the region are caused by the decline in sea ice. They explain this as due to the positive...
National Curriculum Year 10
Southern Ocean Sentinel
29 Apr 2010
The Southern Ocean between Australia and Antarctica is a thermostat regulating the Earth's current climate. Scientists believe that it can be a sentinel, an early warning system, of climate tipping points to come. Tiny plankton and massive currents hold the clues to how rapidly the Southern...
National Curriculum Year 9
Green Roofs
20 May 2010
Scientists from the University of Melbourne and CSIRO are working on a collaborative project investigating a more efficient approach to air conditioning urban buildings by placing cooling plants on the roof. The program provides a very relevant context for students to able to apply their scientific...
National Curriculum Year 9
Eco-Farming
02 Jul 2009
The program shows how the development of a computer land-management tool, the Catchment Management Framework (CMF), now allows natural resource managers to access all of the science that's been accumulated over the last 100 years. Soil scientists, plant scientists, ecologists and hydrologists have...
National Curriculum Year 10
Antarctic Glaciers
29 Apr 2010
The program explores the effects of warmer oceans and higher air temperatures on the world's biggest ice sheets in Antarctica. Evidence is presented for changes in both East and West Antarctica and possible causes and effects of these changes are described. A variety of data collection...
National Curriculum Year 9
Catalyst: Giant Cuttlefish
24 Sep 2009
The program is about the one place in the world where a quarter of a million Giant Australian Cuttlefish migrate each year to reproduce. It details research about the cuttlefish and the potential impact on this population of a planned desalination plant.
National Curriculum Year 7
Copenhagen
15 Oct 2009
The Copenhagen Conference of December 2009 may be over but controversy about climate change continues. This program is an interview with ANU Climate Change Institute's Professor Will Steffen, the Australian Governments advisor on climate change and co-author of the 2009 Synthesis Report which...
National Curriculum Year 10
Climate Seals
05 Mar 2009
This second program in a series of two investigates how Australian scientists are using seals to gather data in the sea under the Antarctic ice shelf. This area is a blind spot that is inaccessible to humans and other remote sensing devices. The scientists are researching ocean circulation and the...
National Curriculum Year 10
Argo Floats
26 Feb 2009
This first program in a series of two investigates Australia's involvement in a collaborative global project in which 3000 Argo floats (submersible robots) are deployed around the world's oceans. These robots use remote sensors to collect data that helps scientists understand processes deep below...
National Curriculum Year 10
Drought Culprit
28 May 2009
For many years scientists have used the La Nina and El Nino effects in the Southern and Pacific oceans to predict when drought breaking rains will come, but now they have a different explanation. The program investigates whether differential heating of the Indian ocean might be the cause of the...
National Curriculum Year 10
