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Pacific

Check out our new guide with tips on covering science, specifically made for Pacific journalists.

Pacific bird extinctions decimated global biodiversity

In the News  |  Published: 27 March 201327 March 2013

Overhunting and deforestation by Pre-European settlers in the Pacific led to extensive loss of bird life, according to new estimates […]

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Solomon Islands earthquake and tsunami – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 07 February 201308 February 2013

Yesterday’s magnitude 8.0 earthquake in the Solomon Islands generated a tsunami which damaged villages and at killed at least five […]

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Solomon Islands earthquake and tsunami – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 06 February 2013

A magnitude 8 earthquake has struck off the Solomon Islands and has given rise to a tsunami and destroyed three […]

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Cyclone Evan NZ bound – Jim Salinger

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 17 December 201217 December 2012

Tropical cyclone Evan has devastated Samoa and is currently causing strife in Fiji. Now, meteorologists are forecasting that a weakened […]

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DNA reveals diversity among first New Zealanders

In the News  |  Published: 23 October 201224 October 2012

University of Otago researchers have sequenced the mitochondrial DNA from several human samples extracted from the Wairau Bar burial site […]

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Climate changes mean tough times ahead for Pacific islands

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 25 November 201101 December 2011

 Australian scientists have  released a new report on climate change in the Pacific detailing rising sea levels, increasing temperatures andincreases […]

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NZ Herald: Islands in Pacific are growing, study says

In the News  |  Published: 03 June 2010

Eloise Gibson writes in the New Zealand Herald about a study of Pacific Islands over the last few decades which […]

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TVNZ/NZPA: NZ research shows Pacific islands not shrinking

In the News  |  Published: 03 June 2010

Low-lying Pacific islands may not have as much to fear from sea level rise as previously though, according to Auckland […]

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NZ Herald: Pacific coastal disaster risk to be assessed

In the News  |  Published: 11 February 201011 February 2010

Eloise Gibson of the NZ Herald reports that GNS scientists will be spending the next 6 months travelling around the […]

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New Pacific Food Security Report

In the News  |  Published: 26 March 200919 June 2011

A new report is published this month by the Obesity Action Coalition on Food Security for Pacific Peoples in New […]

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