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Our Changing World

Dr Claire Concannon follows scientists into the bush, over rivers, back to their labs and many places in-between to cover the most fascinating research being done in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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00:25:32

Putting deep sea corals to the test

Our Changing World ·

2020/10/29

Deep sea corals are being put to the test at NIWA to find out how they cope with sediment.

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00:25:38

Our Changing World for 29 October 2020

Our Changing World ·

2020/10/29

NIWA ecologists have been stress testing deep sea corals to find out they cope with sediment.

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00:26:34

Grass and the science of urban CO2

Our Changing World ·

2020/10/22

Jocelyn Turnbull from GNS Science is measuring how much CO2 we're producing in NZ towns - and she's doing it by cutting the grass.

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00:26:42

Our Changing World for 22 October 2020

Our Changing World ·

2020/10/22

GNS Science is measuring how much carbon dioxide we're producing in different towns as part of the Carbon Watch NZ project.

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00:29:02

Carbon Watch & 50 years of CO2 measurements in NZ

Our Changing World ·

2020/10/15

Dave Lowe on measuring CO2 in New Zealand for 50 years, and how Carbon Watch NZ is a bird's eye view on our carbon balance.

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00:29:01

Our Changing World for 15 October 2020

Our Changing World ·

2020/10/15

Fifty years ago Dave Lowe started measuring carbon dioxide in New Zealand's atmosphere. And Gordon Brailsford and Sara Mikaloff Fletcher talk about Carbon Watch NZ project.

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00:31:45

Our Changing World for 8 October 2020

Our Changing World ·

2020/10/08

A replay of a story from May 2018: a citizens' jury on euthanasia.

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00:29:32

NZ and the Covid-19 vaccine

Our Changing World ·

2020/10/01

When is the Covid-19 vaccine coming? Will it work? William Ray talks to NZ experts charting our path towards immunity.

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00:29:51

Cutting the grass? Cut it out!

Our Changing World ·

2020/09/24

Lawn owner William Ray looks at the ecological benefits of not mowing and letting your grass grow longer.

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00:18:54

Genetic recipe book for natural products from fungi

Our Changing World ·

2020/09/17

Emily Parker and her team at Victoria University of Wellington are identifying the genes that allow fungi to create natural medicinal compounds.

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00:29:18

Our Changing World for 17 September 2020

Our Changing World ·

2020/09/17

Unlocking the genetic secrets of natural compounds and the evolution of tieke calls.

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00:33:00

What bird is that?

Our Changing World ·

2020/09/10

An ecologist and a mathematician discover that teaching a computer to recognise bird calls from acoustic recorders is an interesting challenge.

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00:30:44

Our Changing World for 10 September 2020

Our Changing World ·

2020/09/10

An ecologist and a mathematician are collaborating on open source software called AviaNZ that will allow a computer to identify bird calls.

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00:30:38

A decade of earthquakes

Our Changing World ·

2020/09/03

Ten years after the Darfield earthquake, three seismologists from GeoNet reflect on a decade of big earthquakes and what we've learnt from them.

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00:30:21

Our Changing World for 3 September 2020

Our Changing World ·

2020/09/03

Three seismologists from GeoNet reflect on the decade of big earthquakes that began 10 years ago with the Darfield earthquake in Canterbury.

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00:25:56

Time travelling with a climate scientist

Our Changing World ·

2020/08/27

Dead corals cast up the shore of Aitutaki, in the Cook Islands, provide a window into the Pacific Ocean's marine climate hundreds of years ago.

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00:26:04

Our Changing World for 27 August 2020

Our Changing World ·

2020/08/27

A time-travelling climate scientist is using dead corals to investigate past marine climates in the Pacific.

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00:40:18

Green chemistry - better, safer, more sustainable

Our Changing World ·

2020/08/20

From safer solvents to make better batteries, to catalysts that can clean up wastewater, green chemists are developing better ways of making stuff.

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00:39:54

Our Changing World for 20 August 2020

Our Changing World ·

2020/08/20

Scientists at the Centre for Green Chemical Science at the University of Aukalnd, are developing cleaner greener processes and products.

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00:27:30

How sound influences the taste of food

Our Changing World ·

2020/08/13

Food scientist Nazimah Hamid from AUT says that the sound of the space we eat in can have surprising effects on the taste of food.

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