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Exploring the issues that affect all Victorians. 

From assessing fire and flood risks to understanding the ecological impact, in this edition of The Conversation Hour, the team explore how much we really know about where we build. 

What role does healthy eating play in maintaining our mental health? In this edition of The Conversation hour we meet the researches committed to understanding what food means for how we feel. 

Mexico's capital often floods during the rainy season, but paradoxically, it's also running out of water. A large and growing population, along with crumbling infrastructure and the effects of climate change - are increasingly putting a strain on the city. We meet the army of sci ... Show More

<p dir='ltr'>This week’s guest is Charles Blank, co-founder of the local nonprofit River Aid San Antonio (RASA), the volunteer organization that leads monthly cleanups of litter and dumped materials that perpetually clog and deface San Antonio’s watershed, its network of creeks a ... Show More

<p>Pollution has been piling up in our waters for years, damaging areas of natural beauty and even infecting drinking water in some areas of the country. Water companies like Thames Water, Yorkshire Water and Northumbrian Water have now found themselves paying millions of pounds ... Show More

Called an "open sewer" in the recent past, the Bronx River is now clean enough for a type of herring to once again be introduced and to make runs to the ocean.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

In January 1916, San Diego, California was hit by a deadly flood. Nobody had foreseen just how catastrophic the storms would be… including the City Council, who’d just hired the renowned “rainmaker” Charles Hatfield to fill the Morena dam with rainwater. Conspiracy Theories is no ... Show More

Platforms combining plants and recycled garbage could offer a cut-price solution for reviving polluted bodies of water. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices 

Gisborne was right in the firing line of ex-tropical cyclone Gabrielle on Monday night. Rain fell in the city overnight, with rivers overflowing throughout the Tairawhiti region, and forestry waste, slash, re-emerging as a result. Residents in Riverside Road and Graham Road in Gi ... Show More

<p>One of the largest cities in India is running out of water. Is this our climate future?</p> <p>Monsoons typically provide the bulk of water for Chennai, which is one of the largest cities in India. It is on the south eastern coast of the country, in the Tamil Nadu province whi ... Show More

Préférez-vous faire trempette dans la mer, une rivière ou encore une piscine ? S’il est toujours agréable de se baigner en plein été, attention où vous mettez les pieds ! Certaines eaux dans lesquelles nous plongeons sont en fait de très mauvaises qualités, et peuvent même deveni ... Show More