Paul Holmes talks about his experience filling in for Leighton Smith last week, and why he can’t understand why people […]
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ODT: Dead star secrets coming into focus
John Gibb writes in the Otago Daily Times about astronomer (and former kiwi) Dr Stuart Ryder, who is part of […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Southern Ocean carbon sink and NZ’s synthetic bio sitrep
Will the Southern Ocean carbon sink hold? Ice core records show there was a sharp rise in carbon dioxide in […]
Continue readingNIWA Seasonal Climate Outlook: June – August 2010
NIWA has published its climate outlook for the next three months: “Mild conditions likely to continue through winter” NIWA’s National […]
Continue readingNZ Herald/NZPA: NZ scientists to work with Nasa on $375m project
NASA and NIWA scientists are to cooperate on a $375 million project to better understand how fast greenhouse gases enter […]
Continue readingWill the Southern Ocean’s carbon sink hold its breath?
Ice core records show there was a sharp rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere — a nearly 50% increase — at […]
Continue readingODT: Rise in flu-like illnesses
John Gibb writes in the Otago Daily Times about the slight rise in flu-like illnesses being reported among patients in […]
Continue readingSouthland Times: Humates may help make NZ greener
Sonia Gerken writes in The Southland Times about humates, which have been found in New Zealand and which, scientific testing […]
Continue readingDom Post: Coral faces killer ‘worse than climate change’
Kiran Chug writes in the Dominion Post about Victoria University research showing that sea snails are having a worse effect […]
Continue readingODT: Ethics and ‘Dr God’
An editorial in the Otago Daily Times looks at the announcement of the first fully functional synthetic genome,which was inserted […]
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