Category Archives: Podcast

Local scale monitoring is helping bridge the gap between farmers and reef water quality science.

Microplastics are becoming so pervasive in our environment that it is estimated that the average person consumes 5-8g per week.

Wetlands perform many functions in the landscape including being a filter for water flowing to the Great Barrier Reef. Suzette Argent is involved in trials to test whether artificial wetlands can be constructed to specifically remove nutrients and sediment from water flowing off farm paddocks.

Native vs. exotic fish populations in rivers are a good indication of waterway health. Fish ecologist David Moffat has been conducting surveys in the Wet Tropics and we caught up with him to talk about what he's noticed about our local fish life.