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Newsletter Digest: Earth science, food safety and Tim Flannery to visit
A massive week for earth science Barely a week on from last Saturday’s 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Canterbury, scientists have […]
Continue readingDom Post: The pursuit of science before happiness
Jon Morgan writes in the Dominion Post about Massey University’s agriculture director, Jacqueline Rowarth, and her thoughts on Generation X […]
Continue readingTimaru Herald: Land use impact on water ‘not known for decades’
Gerald Piddock writes in the Timaru Herald about groundwater – scientists say that the impact on our groundwater of intensive […]
Continue readingNZ Farmers Weekly: Warmer, drier and more floods
Annette Scott writes in the New Zealand Farmers Weekly about the effects climate change is expected to have on New […]
Continue readingWairarapa News: Farmer creates own smartphone application
Piers Fuller writes in the Wairarapa News about a farmer who has developed a smartphone application – IFarmer – designed […]
Continue readingRadio NZ: Farmers must change to get more carbon in soil – scientist
A visiting soil scientist says that conventional farming practices prevent soil from increasing its carbon content – soil carbon is […]
Continue readingSoil carbon: Key to cutting emissions?
ONLINE MEDIA BRIEFING: Thurs 24 June, 10:30 am (NZT) Did you know that there’s more carbon in the dirt beneath […]
Continue readingTVNZ/One News: Scientists work with farmers to cut emissions
In order to help farmers make the best greenhouse gas mitigation choices, NIWA scientists are travelling the country to learn […]
Continue readingDom Post: ‘Greenwash’ threat to NZ trade
Jon Morgan writes in the Dominion Post about an agricultural/horticultural convention at which the risks to New Zealand’s lowering of […]
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