Local 10 Special: Eco Hero Down Under
Brielle Martinez, from Terra Environmental Research Institute, won this year’s Local 10 Eco Hero contest in the spring, and recently spent two weeks in Australia.
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Watch the preview: Eco Hero’s adventure in Australia special airs on Monday night
Brielle Martinez, the student who won the 2025 Eco Hero contest, is sharing her once-in-a-lifetime Australia adventure in “Down Under,” a Local 10 News special airing at 8 p.m. on Monday.
Local 10’s Eco Hero team explores the world’s oldest rainforest in Australia
Local 10’s Eco Hero team left the red sands of the Outback behind and entered one of the world’s oldest living ecosystems — the Daintree Rainforest — uncovering a landscape teeming with rare wildlife, ancient plants, and Indigenous culture.
Local 10’s Eco Hero adventures continue in the Australian Outback
Local 10’s Eco Hero team is continuing their adventures Down Under. Kristi Krueger, Zoo Miami’s Ron Magill and Local 10’s 2025 Eco Hero, 18-year-old Brielle Martinez, spent some time in the Australian Outback.
Australian adventure continues for Local 10’s Eco Hero winner
Local 10’s Eco Hero team is continuing their adventures Down Under.
Eco Hero winner starts lifechanging 2-week adventure in Australia
This year’s Eco Hero winner, a recent high school graduate, boarded her 21-hour flight to Australia on Saturday and landed in Melbourne to start her life-changing two-week adventure.
Eco Hero winner: Aspiring conservation veterinarian to fly to Australia on Saturday
This year’s Eco Hero winner, a recent high school graduate, is flying from Miami to Melbourne, Australia on Saturday.
Meet 5 students who want your vote to become the next Eco Hero, win trip to Australia
Voting begins Friday to find this year’s Local 10 Eco Hero.
Australian fires to affect atmosphere worldwide, NASA scientists say
The smoke coming from the fires in southeastern Australia has spread high into the atmosphere, and during an eastward dispersal, it will be making at least one full circuit globally, which will be affecting air quality, according to NASA scientists.