Gerald Piddock writes in the Timaru Herald about groundwater – scientists say that the impact on our groundwater of intensive […]
Continue readingBlog
NZ Herald: DNA focus of dolphin count
Researchers will use DNA profiling to count Maui dolphins, which are the world’s rarest. An excerpt: (read in full here) […]
Continue readingWhat’s in our groundwater?
Groundwater is a crucial natural resource — around one third of the water used in New Zealand comes from underground […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Top researcher dies
Sir Graham Liggins has died, age 84. The researcher was known for his landmark work in foetal development, and the […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Gavin Ellis – Paying the piper
Gavin Ellis shares his lecture notes about the end of journalism, and why predictions of its death have been exaggerated. […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Auckland: Raised from the sea
John Roughan writes in the NZ Herald about the creation of New Zealand – an event which happened fairly recently […]
Continue readingODT/NZPA: Monster iceberg breaks up after calving from glacier
An ice break-off from the Tasman Glacier has been far bigger than expected – instead of the 10 million tonnes […]
Continue readingTVNZ/Newstalk ZB: Solar System may be older than thought
The journal Nature has reported that the solar system could be almost two million years older than previously thought, according […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Sam Fisher – How will court decide whether weather warming?
Sam Fisher, in an opinion piece in the NZ Herald, looks at the legal action being threatened against NIWA by […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Anthony Doesburg – Wet or dry? Super computer has the forecast
Anthony Doesburg writes in the New Zealand Herald about NIWA’s new supercomputer, which the organisation hopes will allow it to […]
Continue reading