The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) — the UN’s weather bureau — has released its statement on the state of global […]
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Highlights from COP15
Journalists interested in what’s happening in Copenhagen can watch most events from their desks. All official meetings and press conferences […]
Continue readingExperts react to call for ban on bisphenol-A (BPA)
BPA is a chemical widely-used in the manufacture of polycarbonate plastics, epoxy resins inside food and beverage cans, and other […]
Continue readingScientists debate carbon sequestration and geoengineering options
This week’s issue of Nature Geoscience (cover — “Locking carbon in minerals”), timed to coincide with Copenhagen climate talk preparations, […]
Continue readingInsect repellent linked to birth defects – UK and Aus experts respond
New research published in the BMJ’s Occupational and Environmental Medicine suggests the use of insect repellent during the first three […]
Continue readingClimate science and Copenhagen — media update
SMC ONLINE BRIEFING: 10 am Wednesday 11 November Next month, the world will gather in Copenhagen for the UN Climate […]
Continue readingAdvancing nanotech, despite uncertainties
Nanotechnology is a rapidly advancing field, with hundreds of products containing nanomaterials already on the shelves and largely unknown health […]
Continue readingPM announces strict pseudoephedrine controls
Prime Minister John Key announced a new Government action plan on methamphetamine today, which includes plans to reclassify pseudoephedrine (a […]
Continue readingDubious device goes unquestioned in Herald rat poison article
A page 6 article yesterday in the NZ Herald on Sunday featured claims by a Waiheke Island advocacy group that […]
Continue readingEl Niño with a difference
El Niño ‘Modoki’ – a new kind of El Niño will increase with global warming Research published today in Nature […]
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