An ancient river system
The Todd is like other Central Australian rivers including the Finke and the Hale which were created at a time when the land was going through a major building period.
View ArticleLost for 135 years in the desert
It was a small daisy bush growing on a spinifex plain in one of the most remote regions on earth. Not seen since 1873 when explorer Ernest Giles reached The Olgas (Kata Tjuta), the rare daisy bush was...
View ArticleDesert offers climate change lessons
The Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre in Alice Springs says city dwellers have a lot to learn from central Australian residents about coping with climate change.
View ArticleOrganisers praise climate-friendly ice rink
The organiser behind the first ice rink in Alice Springs says it is a green project for the red centre.
View ArticleEradicating camels 'will cut emissions'
The Opposition says eliminating Australia's feral camels would result in huge reduction in carbon emissions.
View ArticleCarbon trading push for Indigenous communities
A prominent central Australian Aboriginal man says the law needs to be changed so more Aboriginal people can get involved in carbon trading.
View ArticleNT Country Hour podcast 13/04/2010
There's gold in them hills, the lure of Lasseter's Reef continues down the family and Northern Territory pastoralists will soon be able to tell the CSIRO how thay plan to cope with issues such as...
View ArticleGuestroom - Tim Flannery
Professor Tim Flannery discusses the science and politics of climate change, alternative energy and possums in Papua New Guinea.
View ArticleNT Country Hour podcast 21/05/2010
The irons are in the fire as they steel themselves for the 100th Brunette Downs Races, and its more than just survival for the fittest when it comes to the military working with indigenous women.
View ArticleTerritorians have their say on election issues
Many people in the Northern Territory have expressed their frustrations over issues such as the intervention, emissions trading, housing, homelessness, asylum seekers, law and order, and paid parental...
View ArticleThe Northern Territory could become an international nuclear waste dump: Greens
The Greens have launched their election campaign in the Northern Territory and the Greens leader, Bob Brown, joined ABC Breakfast presenter Julia Christensen to talk light-rail, nuclear waste dumps,...
View ArticleThreatened Species List open to review
The Northern Territory Government has launched a review of its Threatened Species List and is calling for public contributions.
View ArticleGood Centralian rains might not last beyond 2010
Alice Springs has experienced its third wettest year on record, with rain falling sporadically around the region for the past eight months. But, whether the good rain will last beyond the end of this...
View ArticleStudy to measure camels' effect on climate change
The NT Government is funding a university study to measure the impact of Australia's wild camel population on climate change.
View ArticleTicket to ride
Ride to Work Day was celebrated in Alice Springs today with keen cyclists heading to the council lawns to enjoy a free breakfast
View ArticleCarbon offset scheme aims to use Indigenous land
A not-for-profit group in Central Australia is establishing a scheme to encourage Australians to offset their carbon emissions on Indigenous land.
View ArticleCentrefarm: Aboriginal owners to make a premium on carbon sequestration
While some businesses might be dreading the thought of a price on carbon emissions, one Northern Territory company sees it as a perfect marketing opportunity for Aboriginal communities. Centrefarm...
View ArticleSolar station comes to Alice Springs
A $2 million solar station will supply the Alice Springs Airport in Central Australia with a third of its power needs.
View ArticleAlice Springs children finding solutions to climate change
When you start looking at many of the issues surrounding climate change and other environmental problems, it's quite easy to feel overwhelmed by it all. However, it seems the next generation of central...
View ArticleCarbon tax impact on Aboriginal land unknown: CLC
The director of the Central Land Council says it is too early to tell if the proposed carbon tax will disadvantage Aboriginal people living in remote communities.
View ArticleAbbott takes tax campaign on the road
Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has been visiting Christmas Island, Whyalla and Alice Springs while Julia Gillard is overseas.
View ArticleCarbon tax: the impact on NT consumers
Territory consumers could be hit with an extra $450 per annum in electricity bills, as well as increases in grocery prices above those across the rest of the nation, according to the Chamber of Commerce.
View ArticleResearcher plays down soil carbon study
A controversial study on soil carbon in the science journal Nature has been misunderstood, according to a University of Sydney researcher.
View Article'Nature' paper misunderstood for carbon projects
A controversial study on soil carbon in the science journal 'Nature' has been misunderstood, according to a University of Sydney researcher.
View ArticleTony Abbott answers tough questions on 105.7
While polls are increasingly leaning in Tony Abbott's favour as preferred Prime Minister, 105.7 Darwin took the chance to speak to the Opposition Leader about some of the most controversial issues...
View ArticleCentral Australia to host world's largest carbon farm
The Federal Government has unveiled its biggest gamble yet on climate change mitigation. It's put up two thirds of the purchase price of Henbury Station in Central Australia, which its new owners RM...
View ArticleCattle off and carbon credit in
RM Williams Agricultural holdings are giving cattle the boot from one of its Central Australian properties, all in the name of carbon.
View ArticleTropical Top End enjoys record dry season chill
The weather bureau says Darwin has had its coolest dry season on record.
View ArticleNT to face worst of climate change
A government climate advisory body is warning the Northern Territory will be come far less liveable due to climate change.
View ArticleOpposition says Henbury Station carbon farming is a 'joke'
The Federal Opposition has slammed a report which suggests a Northern Territory cattle station will make upwards of $78 million a year from carbon sequestration.
View ArticleCarbon Farming Initiative workshops
If you're wondering how you might make some money under the Federal Government's Carbon Farming Initiative, there are a number of workshops coming up around the Territory you might be interested in.
View ArticleGovernment stands by carbon station purchase
The Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke has defended his decision to provide $9 million dollars to help a large agricultural company buy a Central Australian cattle station for carbon sequestration.
View ArticleFarming what you can't see
The next in the NT Cattlemen's Association's series of Carbon Farming Initiative workshops was held in Alice Springs yesterday.
View ArticleHenbury purchase applauded
The head of the Northern Territory Environment Department has told an audience at the Top End Sustainable Living Festival that the purchase of Henbury station, south of Alice Springs, is a win for the...
View ArticleCarbon Sunk
Kristy O'Brien has been back to Henbury Station to check on progress of an ambitious scheme to convert a working cattle station into Australia's first arid-zone carbon farm.
View ArticleSimpson Desert so hot right now
Research indicates the Simpson Desert is about two degrees warmer and has experienced more flooding rains over the last 100 years.
View ArticleEnvironmentalists warn of climate change impacts
Environmentalists are warning that large parts of the Northern Territory could become uninhabitable, if nothing is done to address climate change.
View ArticleMassive CO2 sink down under
Australian savannah was largely responsible for a massive spike in the amount of CO2 absorbed by land plants in 2011.
View ArticleHenbury Station
Livestock have returned to one of the Northern Territory's oldest pastoral leases.
View ArticleNT's 2017 dry season disappearing fast, weather changes 'in line with global...
The heart of the Northern Territory's dry season is probably over, a weather forecaster says, with some towns experiencing record temperatures on the weekend.
View ArticleAustralian red meat sector sets 2030 carbon neutral target at Alice Springs...
Research and marketing group Meat and Livestock Australia says the country's red meat industry could be carbon neutral by 2030, and the target will prove farming red meat is environmentally sustainable.
View ArticleFirst ever 100pc electric car charges up for the 2018 Finke Desert Race
For the first time, an electric car competes in the Australia's toughest road race and it's being driven by women.
View ArticleDoomsday Vault needs to plug leak caused by climate change
Climate change in the Arctic is happening so quickly, the Norwegian Government has been forced to spend $17 million to fix a subterranean vault that is preserving the world's seeds.
View ArticleUnder IPCC forecasts babies born today will be 22 when warming hits 1.5C....
Meet Casey X. The year is 2040, and she is 22 years old. The town where she lives is in the middle of a heatwave and she's been thinking more and more about leaving.
View ArticleHeatwave update: Temperatures are expected to peak over the coming days
With extreme heatwave conditions predicted for the end of the week even fit, healthy people are encouraged to take precautions to keep cool when the temperatures soar.
View ArticleFederal election 2019: Labor, Coalition vow to cut emissions while supporting...
The environment and energy have emerged as two of the biggest issues ahead of Saturday's federal election. While that has seen the spotlight shone on Adani's proposed Carmichael Coal Mine, another...
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