Michael Field writes for Stuff about NIWA’s quarterly seasonal climate outlook, and why accurately forecasting weather out past 16 days […]
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The Press: Ignore diversity at Earth’s peril
Ian Spellerberg and Jeff McNeely write, in an opinion piece in The Press, write about biodiversity: an issue of at […]
Continue readingMedia coverage: Deal struck at Cancun
Governments from all over the world have struck a deal at COP16, the sixteenth UN conference on climate change, held […]
Continue readingSunday Star Times: Mysteries of our universe
Adam Dudding writes in the Sunday Star Times about New Zealand scientist Peter Schwerdtfeger, who was recently awarded the prestigious […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Seismic hazards, lignite and hydrogen, and SCANZ 2011
“Plenty more earthquakes” to come Canterbury University engineering expert Professor Andy Buchanan wasn’t mincing his words in this week’s Science […]
Continue readingMedia coverage: how earthquake-proof are our cities?
Yesterday, the SMC held an online briefing in which geologist Martha Savage and engineer Andy Buchanan explained how ‘seismic design’ […]
Continue readingThe Press: The climate stampede has started
Barry Coates, of Oxfam NZ, writes in the press about the latest climate talks taking place in COP16, and the […]
Continue readingHow earthquake-resilient are our cities?
A well-developed understanding of seismic hazards and how to construct earthquake-resilient buildings was crucial to avoiding loss of life in […]
Continue readingExperts on mobile phones and child behaviour
A newly published paper has drawn a link between regular mobile phone use by pregnant women before and after their […]
Continue reading3 News: Scientists warn of future shock
Dan Satherly writes for 3 News about the recent Transitions to Sustainability conference, and some of the major themes at […]
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