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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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00:30:21

Our Changing World for 13 August 2020

Our Changing World ·

2020/08/13

The sensory lab at AUT is used for food testing and tests can involve all the senses, including sound.

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01:03:06

Covid-19 unmasked: experts discuss coronavirus

Our Changing World ·

2020/08/06

'Covid-19 unmasked: understanding the outbreak' is a panel discussion from the 2020 New Zealand International Science Festival.

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01:02:28

Our Changing World for 6 August 2020

Our Changing World ·

2020/08/06

A panel of virologists from the University of Otago discuss research into covid-19.

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00:21:33

In search of southern right whales

Our Changing World ·

2020/07/30

Emma Carroll talks about the return of southern right whales from the edge of extinction and a project asking the public to report whale sightings.

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00:13:54

‘The week that snowed’ – shedding new light on old...

Our Changing World ·

2020/07/30

Take some old weather records. Add citizen scientists. Mix in machine learning. Result = something that might help predict future weather patterns.

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00:33:47

Our Changing World for 30 July 2020

Our Changing World ·

2020/07/30

In search of southern right whales and digitising old weather records to predict future climate.

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00:30:37

Voices from Antarctica 8: Under the ice

Our Changing World ·

2020/07/16

Tiny plants that live on the underside of sea ice form an upside-down garden that feeds krill and is the base of the Antarctic food web.

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00:27:25

Voices from Antarctica 7: What the ice is saying

Our Changing World ·

2020/07/09

Researchers are using hot water to drill through the Ross ice shelf, to discover what has happened to Antarctic ice during previous periods of warm climates.

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00:29:38

Voices from Antarctica 6: Seal songs

Our Changing World ·

2020/07/02

Alison Ballance eavesdrops on the songs of the world's southern-most mammal, the Weddell seal, and finds out about sea ice.

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00:27:44

‘Melting ice & rising seas’ team wins PM Science Prize

Our Changing World ·

2020/07/02

A team finding links between melting ice sheets in Antarctica and rising sea levels in NZ has won the 2019 Prime Minister's Science Prize.

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00:08:24

Wheelie bin robot inventor wins science prize

Our Changing World ·

2020/07/02

Student Thomas James wanted to help his elderly neighbour, so he invented a wheelie bin robot to take her large recycling bin to the kerb.

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00:08:47

Passionate maths teacher wins a PM’s Science Prize

Our Changing World ·

2020/07/02

Michelle Dalrymple, winner of the 2019 Prime Minister's Science Teacher's Prize, says being mathematically literate is an important life skill.

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00:43:34

Our Changing World for 2 July 2020

Our Changing World ·

2020/07/02

Winners of the 2019 Prime Minister's Science Prizes include a team studying melting ice and rising seas, a maths teacher and a young inventor.

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00:29:29

Voices from Antarctica 5: Waiting for Emperors

Our Changing World ·

2020/06/25

Emperor penguin researchers are waiting for tagged birds to return, and an elderly radar system sheds light on a very windy part of the atmosphere.

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00:29:09

Voices from Antarctica 4: Best journey in the world

Our Changing World ·

2020/06/18

Alison Ballance meets a colony of Emperor penguins and their NIWA researchers, and finds out about making water on the frozen continent

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00:20:51

Voices from Antarctica 3: Flags to physics

Our Changing World ·

2020/06/11

Keeping Scott Base warm and well-lit no matter the weather outside, and a physics experiment that eavesdrops on messages to submarines.

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00:22:31

Voices from Antarctica 2: Scott Base

Our Changing World ·

2020/06/04

Alison Ballance has her first day at New Zealand's Antarctic station, Scott Base, and visits the historic Hillary's Hut.

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00:24:09

Voices from Antarctica 1: Ice Flight

Our Changing World ·

2020/05/28

Alison Ballance dons her extreme cold weather clothing for a trip to Antarctica - but getting to the frozen continent can take time.

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00:27:52

Our Changing World for 21 May 2020

Our Changing World ·

2020/05/21

Two gems from Our Changing World's Antarctic archive - restoring Shackleton's hut at Cape Royds and hunting for extremophile microbes high on Mt Erebus.

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00:31:57

Little bit of sea-level rise = lots more coastal...

Our Changing World ·

2020/05/14

Scientists warn that a small amount of sea-level rise could have big consequences for some low-lying parts of New Zealand.

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