The Government today outlined a $500 million package of spending that will fast track schools, roading and housing projects with […]
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Experts on Australia’s devastating bushfires
Australia’s worst bushfires on record have left at least 93 people dead and could burn for days or weeks as […]
Continue readingWhy aren’t we immunising our kids? An SMC briefing
There is a real problem in New Zealand with immunisation rates, as highlighted in the Unicef’s State of the World’s […]
Continue reading60 million year-old giant snake hot news for climate scientists
Fossil remains of giant snakes 13 metres long and weighing around a tonne have been discovered in an ancient rainforest […]
Continue readingGlobal Warming’s “evil twin” – ocean acidification
Three New Zealand marine experts have joined scientists from around the world in signing the Monaco Declaration, which aims to […]
Continue readingSpa-like seawater conditions 50 million years ago
GNS Science: If you lived in New Zealand 50 million years ago, you would have been able to enjoy a […]
Continue reading“Irreversible” climate change no argument for giving up
A new study of the long-term effects of CO2 emissions on climate by a group of US and European scientists […]
Continue readingBMJ report questions pain relief of acupuncture
The Australian Science Media Centre has rounded up scientific opinion on the British Medical Journal paper questioning the effectiveness of […]
Continue readingExpert Comment on Nature paper on surface temperature
Climate scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, and Harvard University in the USA have published a new analysis of […]
Continue readingExpert comment on Nature Antarctic warming paper
New research published in the journal Nature suggests that Antarctica is warming despite earlier signs that the icy continent was […]
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