Week from hell for climate science It broke last weekend and has run all week – the “climategate” saga that […]
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Dom Post: Birdlife explosion as possum numbers slashed
Paul Easton of the Dominion Post reports on the success of anti-possum strategies, which have procued drops in posusm numbers […]
Continue readingUK scientists on the US and Chinese emissions target
Comments gathered from our colleagues at the Science Media Centre in London Dr Chris Huntingford, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, […]
Continue readingThe Press: Climate scientists attack criticism
An article in The Press by environment reporter Paul Gorman looking at claims by the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition […]
Continue readingNew Zealand ETS passed
Just before 6pm last night, Parliament passed the Climate Change Response (Moderated Emissions Trading) Amendment Bill by 63 votes to […]
Continue readingNew Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards 2009
The annual Engineering Excellence Awards took place last night in Wellington, in what proved to be a very entertaining (and […]
Continue readingPODCAST: Swiss ambassador & former Kyoto negotiator on prospects for Copenhagen
Switzerland’s ambassador to New Zealand, Dr Beat Nobs, gave a lecture as part of Victoria University’s Climate Change Research Institute […]
Continue readingThe Dominion Post: ‘Monogamous’ gannets are more unfaithful than humans
David Gadd of the Dominion Post writes about new research exposing the ‘unfaithfulness’ of gannets in New Zealand. Previously thought […]
Continue readingThe Dominion Post: $1b Taupo geothermal project picks up steam
Mike Watson from the Dominion Post reports on the proposed construction of a geothermal power station in Taupo by Contact […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Robot a new-age helping hand for elderly
Beck Vass reports on the introduction of ‘Charlie’, a robotic caregiver, at an Auckland retirement village. An excerpt: (read in […]
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