Step back in time
My latest audio story started from an invitation to try out the new recording space at Aitkenvale library. It is part of Tech Savvy City, an ambitious prototype designed by […]
Category Archives: Podcast
Surreal – an audio compilation
The most poignant and dramatic moments of the flood story interviews have been collated into Surreal and set to a soundtrack that aims to capture the action and the emotions […]
Flood Stories now online
Housing in northern Australia
Housing Design across Australia needs to take account of the local climate and be based on sustainable features for that climate. Cairns Architect Roger Mainwood and Lisa Law from […]
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The Koala and the Eucalyptus
Listen to an interview with Murray Logan who spent many nights on Magnetic Island in north Queensland finding koalas to help with research on their habitat use and home ranges. […]
Farming and river runoff to the Great Barrier Reef
Fertiliser runoff from agriculture can adversely affect waterways as well as the beleaguered Great Barrier Reef. Soil scientist Dr Paul Nelson talks with Baromter’s Kate Osborne on how to optimise […]
Megafauna – northern Australia threats
Professor Helene Marsh from James Cook University has been studying marine megafauna like dugongs and turtles in northern Australia for decades. She says our ability to conserve mobile animals relies […]
Food – Too good to waste
You can find Food Rescue Townsville on Facebook
Learning Curves for Smart Cities
Smart Cities are the way of the future, but like all new things, there are traps along the way to be avoided. Barometer’s Kate Osborne speaks with Professor Marcus Foth […]
Australian flake fisheries; a bright spot in a gloomy world?
Professor Colin Simpfendorfer from James Cook University
spoke with Kate Osborne about his research on bright spots for sharks globally.
Image: Colin Simpfendorfer
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