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ENCORE - Australia's War on Feral Cats

It’s one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time, but no ones seems to be talking about it. And that’s because a lot of us don’t know that much about it. Dana Cordell from the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney has spent the past decade researching phosphorus, what it is, what it does, why it’s so important and how quickly we’re running out of it.

Producer/Presenter: Jake Morcom.

#71 - What's a future without phosphorus?

In April 2010, the largest environmental disaster in US history struck the Gulf of Mexico - the explosion of oil rig Deepwater Horizon. After burning for more than a day, Deepwater Horizon sunk taking with it 11 lives, costing oil major BP more than $40 billion and an onslaught of environmental damage still being felt today. Over the last seven years the blame game for who was responsible and liable jumped back and forth with payouts being made to certain bodies who brought claims against BP for financial losses. But the blowout of a disaster to this scale goes far beyond a slump in tourism or trade in the region.

Speakers:
Jesse Fallon - PHD Student at Virginia Tech. 
Dr Stan Palassis - Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology Sydney. 
Ana Bugnot - Research Associate at the University of New South Wales.

Presenter: Jake Morcom. 
Producer: Jake Morcom and Miles Herbert. 
Editorial guidance from Miles Herbert and Ellen Leabeater.

#72 - Should we put a price on the environment?

Naomi has spent the last two years living in a tent in regional New South Wales. But she's not a backpacker, she's not doing a roundhouse trip of the Australian countryside. Naomi is capturing cane toads and turning them into sausages. 

Presenter: Jake Morcom.
Producer: Jake Morcom and Miles Herbert.

#73 - Turning cane toads into sausages

Scientists have warned we are facing another mass extinction event.

The last one occurred over 65 million years ago, but due to global warming and human caused habitat loss, the next one is just around the corner.

So what do we do when a species goes extinct? Are our efforts helping or making things worse?

Speakers:

David Bader, Communications Officer for Vaquita CPR

Professor Michael Archer, School of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales

Peter Banks, Conservation Biologist at The University of Sydney

Erick Lundgren, PHD Canidate at The University of Technology Sydney



Producer/Presenter: Miles P Herbert

#74 - What happens when a species goes extinct?

Illegal logging is an immensely profitable global activity, linked to corruption, human rights abuses, criminal networks, and environmental destruction. 

So why is the federal government currently considering significantly weakening regulation that prevents the import of illegal timber?

Speakers:

Beatriz Garcia: Lecturer, Western Sydney University
Lance Leslie: Professor, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney 

Producer/Presenter: Miles P Herbert

#75 - Why we shouldn't chop down our logging laws

Citizen scientists and members of the public have done everything from discovering species, to documenting sea temperature changes. 

Just this year in Australia, an amateur astronomer named Andrew Grey, a mechanic from Darwin, helped scientists discover a whole set of new planets. 

But why are people like you, donating their time, to help scientists document and discover. And is crowdfunding the scientific method really trustworthy?

Producer/Presenter: Miles P Herbert 

Speakers: 

Annette Scanlon: Lecturer School of Natural and Built Environments

John Turnbull: Marine Ecologist and Social Scientist, University of New South Wales 

Shuanna Murray: Associate Professor, Climate Change Cluster
Core Member, Climate Change Cluster

#76 - The Age Of Citizen Science

As global sea temperatures continue to rise, our coral reefs are turning from thriving marine ecosystems into underwater graveyards.

But scientists have discovered a set of coral superheroes who might save the day.

Speakers: 

David Suggett: Associate Professor The University of Technology Sydney 
Martina Doblin: Associate Professor The University of Technology Sydney 

Producer/Presenter: Miles Herbert

#77 - The hunt for coral superheroes

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