2010, the International Year of Biodiversity, is drawing to a close. This year’s targets for global biodiversity conservation — the […]
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Text-based Q&As and media briefings with experts on topical issues in the science and technology world.
Whale strandings — what science can tell us
ONLINE MEDIA BRIEFING (Wed 20 Oct): Last month’s mass stranding event of over 70 pilot whales on a remote Northland […]
Continue readingNew report – public’s attitudes to science
Today sees the launch of the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology’s third report on public attitudes to science. The […]
Continue reading‘Dirty Weather’ Diaries of Reverend Davis — rescuing lost climate data from the past
ONLINE MEDIA BRIEFING: THUR 30 September, 1:30 pm (NZT) — Weather data salvaged from Northland missionary diaries and Australian First […]
Continue readingScientists on implications of sea level rise
The potential impacts of an increase in sea level over the course of the next century were the subject of […]
Continue readingIs the Draft New Zealand Energy Strategy realistic?
The government’s Developing our Energy Potential – Draft New Zealand Energy Strategy and Draft New Zealand Energy Efficiency and Conservation […]
Continue readingFood insecurity – who is affected?
As if we don’t have enough stress in our lives, now there’s a new one – food stress. But what’s […]
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 readingRare double earthquake behind tsunami warning confusion
New research into the earthquake responsible for the deadly 2009 tsunami in Samoa and Tonga, has shown that it was […]
Continue reading‘What’s in the Sea?’ – Census of Marine Life marine biodiversity roll call
Representing the most comprehensive and authoritative answer yet to one of humanity’s most ancient questions — “What lives in the […]
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