ABC’s Top 5 media residency program in science and humanities

A decade ago climate experts were deeply worried. Now they are terrified - Tim Flannery

Five researchers will be selected for each program, designed to give participants training and experience in sharing ideas about their work and their fields generally.

New solar powered agriculture and industrial processes are being developed. And South Australia has become a world leader as it takes up renewable energy. But with coral reefs dying before our eyes and climate changing everywhere fast, there isn’t a moment to lose.

New NASA head unconvincing on human contribution to climate

Sounds reveal details of aquatic environmental health

Fish concealment methods may lead to better underwater mapping

Deep-sea corals indicate past climate events

Heat from north Atlantic hastens melt of Antarctic ice shelves

Tragedy follows exposure of US Antarctic base bureaucracy

Headlines used as click bait

The Lost Tools of Henry Hoke Ep 3 - Beryl Hoke: the Forge of Destiny

The appointment and nomination of Jim Bridenstine split the US senate.

Simon Linke plays some of his recordings and explains what they reveal about environmental health.

Molly Cummings is learning the tricks used by fish to survive in the open ocean. They do this with cells which have special reflective properties in the polarized underwater light.

Jess Adkins has observed the abundance of some deep-sea corals changing in line with glacial cycles. It’s as if they mirror climatic conditions on the surface, but with a lag of about 200 years.

As more heat is being trapped on Earth, much of this heat is being stored in ocean water and the effects are now being seen in an accelerated thinning of the edges of ice shelves in western Antarctica.

A waste management worker at the US Antarctic base at McMurdo Station revealed a stifling bureaucracy. The termination of his contract led to a tragic result. Now news to the base has been blocked.