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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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00:22:46

Our Changing World for 5 July 2018

Our Changing World ·

2018/07/05

Testing kauri seedlings to find individual trees that might be resistant to kauri dieback disease, and native forest birds are thriving in Wellington city parks and reserves.

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00:18:40

Mapping the world's sea floor

Our Changing World ·

2018/06/28

Seabed 2030 is an international collaboration to map the world's sea floor, much of which is unmapped.

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00:14:55

Asteroids, dinosaurs and international tension

Our Changing World ·

2018/06/28

Astronomer Duncan Steel is an expert in detecting asteroids and comets, and in defending the earth from potential impacts.

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00:32:34

Our Changing World for 28 June 2018

Our Changing World ·

2018/06/28

Seabed 2030 is an ambitious international collaboration to map the world's sea floor, and astronomer Duncan Steel is concerned asbout asteroids hitting earth.

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00:22:06

Antarctica's ice is melting

Our Changing World ·

2018/06/21

Research reveals new evidence about past, present and future impacts of climate change on Antarctica's ice.

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00:08:10

Wasp genomes revealed

Our Changing World ·

2018/06/21

Wasps are a big problem in New Zealand, and scientists hope that knowing the genomes of common and German wasps will help them find novel ways of controlling the pests.

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00:29:18

Our Changing World for 21 June 2018

Our Changing World ·

2018/06/21

Antarctic experts discuss the latest research on how fast Antarctic ice is melting and why it matters, and sequencing the genomes of introduced common and German wasps.

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00:17:56

Havre - the world's largest deep ocean volcanic eruption

Our Changing World ·

2018/06/14

Geologists have discovered that the 2012 eruption of Havre volcano, on the Kermadec Arc, was the world's largest submarine volcanic eruption.

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00:11:43

Finding new drugs from the sea

Our Changing World ·

2018/06/14

Michele Prinsep is a 'drug hunter' - she looks for potential pharmaceuticals in marine organisms and cyanobacteria.

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00:29:04

Our Changing World for 14 June 2018

Our Changing World ·

2018/06/14

A chemist talks about sourcing potential new drugs from marine creatures, and understanding the largest deep-ocean volcanic eruption ever documented.

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00:09:47

Edible bioplastic - food wrap of the future?

Our Changing World ·

2018/06/07

University of Otago researchers are developing the ultimate heat-and-eat: an edible bioplastic food wrap, using waste from the corn and shellfish industries.

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00:15:41

Exercise and a special video game boost kids' brains

Our Changing World ·

2018/06/07

Psychologist David Moreau is working with New Zealand schools to find out if exercise combined with a computer game aimed at brain training could help improve kids' brains.

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00:24:22

Our Changing World for 7 June 2018

Our Changing World ·

2018/06/07

Combining high intensity exercise with a computer game-based brain training is having good results for struggling school kids, and developing an edible plastic wrap from corn and shellfish waste.

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00:31:25

A citizens' jury on euthanasia

Our Changing World ·

2018/05/24

Fifteen Dunedin citizens took part in a University of Otago citizens' jury to discuss legalising euthanasia and assisted dying.

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00:31:00

Our Changing World for 24 May 2018

Our Changing World ·

2018/05/24

Fifteen Dunedin citizens took part in a University of Otago citizen jury to discuss legalising euthanasia and assisted dying.

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00:12:09

Mistletoe rescue mission

Our Changing World ·

2018/05/17

Botanists have banded together to bring native mistletoes back to Wellington city, using seeds rescued from a plant growing on a dying tree.

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00:15:31

Understanding New Zealand's largest fault

Our Changing World ·

2018/05/17

New Zealand's first underwater observatories are recording the 'creaks and groans' of our largest fault to better understand slow-slip earthquakes.

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00:26:40

Our Changing World for 17 May 2018

Our Changing World ·

2018/05/17

A rescue mission to return mistletoe to Wellington city, and a research trip to study the Hikurangi subduction zone, home to some of New Zealand's largest earthquakes.

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00:11:13

World-first probe into an active submarine volcano

Our Changing World ·

2018/05/10

Geologists on board the JOIDES Resolution research ship are attempting to drill into the flanks of the submarine hydrothermal Brothers Volcano.

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00:16:11

Book charts changing face of Otago Peninsula

Our Changing World ·

2018/05/10

An environmental historian charts the transformation of the Otago Peninsula from rich forest to grassy pasture in the book "The Face of Nature."

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