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Missing moths and warm weather

September 13, 2026 · 9 min

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Get excited friends, because today’s Talk of the Town takes us far beyond the Australian shoreline – we're headed overseas!

Plus, we might be in for a hot hot summer – find out why.

And some migrating moths have gone missing! Hear why the scientists tracking them aren’t too worried.

Questions

  1. 1.Does El Nino mean it will probably be a summer that’s hotter than usual, or cooler than usual?
  2. 2.How many tagged moths did the scientists find when they came back to check on them?
  3. 3.On which continent would you find Hong Kong? I’ll give you multiple choice... is it North America, Europe, Asia or Africa?

Answers

  1. 1.Hotter.
  2. 2.None!
  3. 3.Asia

News Noodler - a question to chat about with the people around you

Can you guess where the missing moths might be, and what might have happened to them?

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