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John Roughan writes in the New Zealand Herald about New Zealand’s geology, and how its landscape came to be. He […]
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Some of the biggest stories of 2010 also had strong scientific elements and the New Zealand media in general rose […]
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Earlier today, UK health charities launched a consensus position paper on vitamin D covering issues of sun exposure, cancer risk […]
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Rebecca Todd writes in The Press about new research from Canterbury University showing that children with asthma are more likely […]
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Brian Fallow writes in the New Zealand Herald about the aftermath of the Cancun climate change talks, and the extent […]
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As summer holidays approach — and the appeal of fad diets grows amongst people aiming to slim down quickly — […]
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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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Ian Spellerberg and Jeff McNeely write, in an opinion piece in The Press, write about biodiversity: an issue of at […]
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Over the weekend, delegates at UN climate talks adopted the ‘Cancun Agreements‘, laying the groundwork for an extension to Kyoto […]
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