2020 has been one of the most challenging years for scientists and journalists in recent history, as researchers and media […]
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Climate change risk assessment – Expert Reaction
New Zealand’s first nationwide climate change risk stocktake has highlighted ten areas of most concern. The Climate Change Response (Zero […]
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Cape Kidnappers risk report – Expert Reaction
The Department of Conservation (DOC) has today released the risk assessment for landslides and rockfall at Clifton Beach, Cape Kidnappers in Hawke’s Bay. […]
Continue readingLies, dam(ned) lies and flood statistics – Ian Fuller
Massey University’s Associate Professor Ian Fuller says we need to build up knowledge of past flood events so that we […]
Continue readingLawmakers must keep up with the pace of changing technology – Michelle Dickinson
With technology advancing at breakneck speed, we risk foundering on ethical and legal decisions, writes Dr Michelle Dickinson – aka […]
Continue readingDisasters: Intervention is the key – Kelvin Berryman
What do we really mean when we talk about reducing or managing the risk of disaster? Dr Kelvin Berryman, Director […]
Continue readingItaly quake experts cleared of manslaughter
An Italian court has overturned manslaughter convictions against six scientists for failing to give adequate warning of an 2009 earthquake […]
Continue readingAntibiotics and heart deaths – experts respond
One of the most commonly prescribed antibiotics – clarithromycin – is linked with an increased risk of heart deaths, suggests a […]
Continue readingNew Zealand tsunami hazard – the science updated
The Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management today released a review of tsunami hazard in New Zealand, the first […]
Continue reading‘Research should be a clever and risky business’ – Sir Peter Gluckman
Sir Peter Gluckman, the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, is urging New Zealand’s science community to find ways to fund […]
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