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Australia, Eye of the Storm, Season 1, Episode 1, La Niña

produced by Klaus Toft, ABC Commercial, in Australia, Eye of the Storm, Season 1, Episode 1 (Sydney, New South Wales: ABC Commercial, 2000), 50 mins

Cyclones, floods, endless rain. Aspects of a vast La Nina puzzle stretching right across the Pacific. La Nina, 'the little girl'. Her name belies her immensity, her awesome power. This year she affects the lives of 450 million people on four continents.

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Australia, Eye of the Storm, Series 1, Episode 2, Southern Exposure

produced by Jeni Clevers, ABC Commercial, in Australia, Eye of the Storm, Series 1, Episode 2 (Sydney, New South Wales: ABC Commercial, 2000), 50 mins

Sudden storms from Antarctica and the Southern Ocean can be felt at any time of year in Southern Australia. The animals of Tasmania and the southern mainland all have strategies of dealing with these unpredictable events. It's the humans that have problems.

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Australia, Eye of the Storm, Series 1, Episode 3, El Nino

produced by Ashley Smith, fl. 2000, ABC Commercial, in Australia, Eye of the Storm, Series 1, Episode 3 (Sydney, New South Wales: ABC Commercial, 2000), 50 mins

El Nino. The very name can strike fear into people. From devastating floods in Peru and Chile, to heartbreaking droughts and fires in Australia. Focusing on Australia's diverse wildlife, we see how they have adapted to the huge swings in climate that El Nino brings. Although it can cause death and destruction, it...

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Australia, Eye of the Storm, Series 1, Episode 4, Monsoon

produced by Mark Lamble, fl. 2000, ABC Commercial, in Australia, Eye of the Storm, Series 1, Episode 4 (Sydney, New South Wales: ABC Commercial, 2000), 50 mins

The climate of the north west of Australia is governed by two seasons, 'the wet' and 'the dry'. This annual cycle, as regular as a heartbeat, dictates the rhythm of life for plants and animals of this region. The monsoon system that arrives with the wet, swings with the sun between Asia and Australia.

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Australian Story, For the Holy Grail

directed by Trudy McRobert, fl. 2007; produced by Ben Cheshire, fl. 1996, ABC Commercial, in Australian Story (New South Wales: ABC Commercial, 2007), 28 mins

The remarkable personal story behind a breakthrough in the treatment of cancer is revealed on Australian Story this week. Dr Jennifer MacDiarmid and Dr Himanshu Brahmbhatt were scientists working on a disease in sheep at the CSIRO in the early 1990s when one of their colleagues was diagnosed with lung cancer. The...

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Breaking the Ice, Episode 1, Macquarie Island

produced by Christopher McCullough, ABC Commercial, in Breaking the Ice, Episode 1 (New South Wales: ABC Commercial, 1996), 28 mins

Destination: Macquarie Island, a tiny island in the middle of the powerhouse of the world's climate - the Southern Ocean. Here a bunch of energetic young Australian scientists at the forefront of research into global warming, are monitoring the rising temperatures on the island, an indicator of changes that could...

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Catalyst, Series 12, Episode 1, Part 2, SKA

produced by Graham Phillips, fl. 1984-2012, ABC Commercial, in Catalyst, Series 12, Episode 1, Part 2 (New South Wales: ABC Commercial, 2011), 10 mins

This documentary, produced by Graham Phillips, is about the Australian radio telescope know as Square Kilometre Array, or SKA.

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Catalyst, Series 12, Episode 1, Part 3, Birth Of Radio Astronomy

produced by Holly Trueman, fl. 2009, ABC Commercial, in Catalyst, Series 12, Episode 1, Part 3 (New South Wales: ABC Commercial, 2011), 2 mins

Did you know that some of the most ground-breaking scientific discoveries were made by chance (serendipity)? Discover the link between static on a telephone line and the invention of the radio…