Last year saw the start of the ‘Climategate’ email controversy, in which it was claimed that top climate scientists from […]
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Dom Post: Current thinking at IRL
Bill O’Byrne of the Dominion Post reports on high temperature superconductors (HTS), what they are, and the cutting edge work […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Pacific coastal disaster risk to be assessed
Eloise Gibson of the NZ Herald reports that GNS scientists will be spending the next 6 months travelling around the […]
Continue readingNelson Mail: Editorial: Helping scientists
An editorial in the Nelson Mail talks about the importance of science to New Zealand, the challenges being faced by […]
Continue readingTVNZ/One News: Chemical-free cosmetic created in NZ
AgResearch scientists have discovered a the formula for a new cosmetic, which can be made without the use of chemicals […]
Continue readingDom Post: Kiwi aids climate-change research overhaul
Kiran Chug of the Dominion Post reports that a local scientist, Professor Martin Manning, is part of an international team […]
Continue readingClimate scenarios overhaul – Nature
A proposal for the next generation of climate scenarios for projecting future change features in this week’s Nature. This paper, […]
Continue reading‘IPCC: Cherish it, tweak it, scrap it?’ – scientists respond
In response to intensifying calls for reform of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), five influential climatologists have stepped […]
Continue readingRadio NZ: Scientists gloomy about profession
A survey conducted by the Association of Scientists shows that less than half of NZ scientists would recommend the profession […]
Continue readingDargaville News: Energy plans jeopardise snapper population
Rose Stirling of the Dargaville News reports that Crest Energy’s plan to build a tidal power station in the Kaipara […]
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