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Video Collection: Natural and man-made impacts on ecosystems
- Learning Areas Science
- Strand/s Working scientifically, Science understanding, Science inquiry skills, Science as a human endeavour, Physics, Natural and processed materials, Life and living, Earth and beyond, Chemistry, Biology
- Year/s 6-12
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Science tracks down the changes threatening our environment. This collection explores the causes and consequences of natural and human-produced influences on ecosystems. It covers carbon emissions, toxic wastes, bushfires, drought, introduced pests, natural disasters and habitat destruction. Many of the clips feature the scientific techniques used to investigate the issues both in the field and the laboratory. It comprises clips from the ABCs Catalyst and current affairs reports.
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- Antarctic Glaciers [5:30]
- Snapshot
- Network
- ABC Catalyst
- Broadcast
- 2010
- Summary
- Increasing flows and sea-level rise, 2010
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- Video Clip
- Bushfires [3:00]
- Snapshot
- Network
- ABC Catalyst
- Broadcast
- 2009
- Summary
- Climatic conditions and the increase in bushfires, 2009
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- Video Clip
- Carbon Control [2:32]
- Snapshot
- Network
- ABC Catalyst
- Broadcast
- 2009
- Summary
- Aboriginal fire-control knowledge and carbon trading, 2009
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- Video Clip
- Carbon Impact [3:15]
- Snapshot
- Network
- ABC Catalyst
- Broadcast
- 2009
- Summary
- Local carbon study wins schools science prize, 2009
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- Video Clip
- Carp Curse [2:52]
- Snapshot
- Network
- ABC Behind The News
- Broadcast
- 2010
- Summary
- Controlling a pest, 2010
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- Video Clip
- Chemical Whales [3:45]
- Snapshot
- Network
- ABC Catalyst
- Broadcast
- 2008
- Summary
- Humpback whales contaminated by toxic krill, 2008
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- Video Clip
- Climate Seals [4:04]
- Snapshot
- Network
- ABC Catalyst
- Broadcast
- 2009
- Summary
- Data gathered by seals used to study climate, 2009
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- Video Clip
- Coorong Salinity [2:48]
- Snapshot
- Network
- ABC Catalyst
- Broadcast
- 2008
- Summary
- Saving South Australia's fresh water supply, 2008
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- Video Clip
- Geoengineering [3:24]
- Snapshot
- Network
- ABC Catalyst
- Broadcast
- 2010
- Summary
- Solution or potential problem, 2010
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- Video Clip
- Locusts [2:30]
- Snapshot
- Network
- ABC Behind The News
- Broadcast
- 2010
- Summary
- Rain brings locust plagues, 2010
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- Video Clip
- Managing Bushfires [1:58]
- Snapshot
- Network
- ABC Catalyst
- Broadcast
- 2009
- Summary
- The effects of prescribed burning, 2009
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- Video Clip
- Mt Ruapehu [2:56]
- Snapshot
- Network
- ABC Catalyst
- Broadcast
- 2010
- Summary
- Scientists study lahar flows, 2010
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- Video Clip
- Ocean Waves [2:47]
- Snapshot
- Network
- ABC Catalyst
- Broadcast
- 2010
- Summary
- Waves and Australia's west coast ecosystem, 2010
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- Video Clip
- Quoll Rescue [1:58]
- Snapshot
- Network
- ABC Catalyst
- Broadcast
- 2010
- Summary
- Quolls trained not to eat toxic cane toads, 2010
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- Video Clip
- Siberian Tigers [1:18]
- Snapshot
- Network
- ABC Foreign Correspondent
- Broadcast
- 2007
- Summary
- Preserving a species, 2007
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- Video Clip
- Thinning Ice Sheet [4:18]
- Snapshot
- Network
- ABC Catalyst
- Broadcast
- 2010
- Summary
- East Antarctica's ice sheet losing mass, 2010
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- Video Clip
- Toxic Crops [2:45]
- Snapshot
- Network
- ABC Catalyst
- Broadcast
- 2010
- Summary
- Increased carbon dioxide levels and plant toxicity, 2010
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- Video Clip
- Toxic Sediments [2:45]
- Snapshot
- Network
- ABC Catalyst
- Broadcast
- 2010
- Summary
- Sydney Harbour's toxic legacy, 2010
