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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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00:17:39

Pesticide bad news for bee learning and memory

Our Changing World ·

2016/06/16

Chemists and zoologists have teamed up to investigate the impact of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on bee learning and memory

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00:26:28

Genome sequencing - a how-to-guide

Our Changing World ·

2016/06/09

If you want to sequence a genome then a company like New Zealand Genomics Ltd has the equipment and expertise to produce and manage the large amounts of data.

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00:14:41

Future of sea level rise science

Our Changing World ·

2016/06/09

John Church, an expert on sea level rise and one of the scientists who could lose his job at CSIRO, discusses how ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are contributing to sea level rise now and in the future.

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00:05:09

Diatom blooms, extinctions and climate

Our Changing World ·

2016/06/09

Phytoplankton, which accounts for half of the planet's total biological productivity, leave a clear fossil footprint, which allows palaeontologists to trace past environmental change and extinction rates.

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00:08:30

Citizen science: large brown seaweeds

Our Changing World ·

2016/06/09

Marine scientists are calling on the public to help them get a better idea of the distribution of large brown seaweeds along the coast of New Zealand.

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00:05:09

New search of the cosmos

Our Changing World ·

2016/06/07

The University of Auckland is joining one of the most ambitious astronomy projects ever to scour the southern skies for extrasolar planets – while testing theories about the origins of the universe and probing for dark energy.

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00:13:08

Smart kaka - can you teach old parrots new tricks?

Our Changing World ·

2016/06/02

The kaka, or forest parrot, has had its IQ tested for the first time - and in some experiments young naive birds were better problem solvers than older birds that were stuck in their ways.

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00:14:03

Acid test for coastal seas

Our Changing World ·

2016/06/02

The ocean is becoming more acidic, and this change is most pronounced in coastal seas. Marine scientists have received $4.9 million to work out what is going on and how this affects marine life along the coast.

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00:12:54

The virus hunter and the rare plant

Our Changing World ·

2016/06/02

Virus hunter and botanist Paul Guy has been called in to help threatened native cress plants that are being infected by three different brassica viruses.

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00:10:08

Tuning into whale song

Our Changing World ·

2016/06/02

NIWA marine ecologist Kim Goetz is setting up acoustic monitoring stations in Cook Strait to eavesdrop on whales and dolphins as they migrate through New Zealand waters.

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00:12:47

Healthy homes: a breath of fresh air

Our Changing World ·

2016/05/26

Veronika Meduna joins BRANZ physicist Manfred Plagmann as he equips a home with sensors that track how heat and moisture move through the rooms.

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00:14:33

Solar storms and electricity supply

Our Changing World ·

2016/05/26

Craig Rodger explains how large solar storms can overwhelm the protective shield of the earth's magnetic field and disrupt national power grids.

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00:12:39

Learning from past floods

Our Changing World ·

2016/05/26

University of Waikato professor of environmental planning Iain White argues that our 'same again' response to flooding is hindering our ability to plan more effectively.

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00:15:18

Birds, feather colour – and sex

Our Changing World ·

2016/05/26

Why are some male birds brighter and showier than females of the same species, and sometimes both are bright? Sexual selection, size and living in the tropics are all part of the answer.

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00:24:04

Fat Science

Our Changing World ·

2016/05/19

Auckland diabetes specialist Robyn Toomath argues that society is to blame for the rise in obesity, and Massey University sociologist and runner Andrew Dickson shares his experience of being a big athlete.

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00:12:14

Lipoprotein(a) - little known but high risk for heart...

Our Changing World ·

2016/05/19

Lipoprotein(a) increases the risk of heart disease in 20% of people and doesn't respond to diet or exercise, so the hunt is on to find a treatment.

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00:12:10

Timing the Anthropocene

Our Changing World ·

2016/05/19

Later in 2016, an international group will decide if the Holocene has given way to a new geological period marked by our impact. NIWA geochemist Helen Bostok gives a Southern Hemisphere perspective on the debate.

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00:15:35

Goodie goodie - bird watching with Bill Oddie

Our Changing World ·

2016/05/19

Use your ears and spend time on your own just listening and observing birds - good advice from one of the world's best known bird-watchers and ex-Goodie, Bill Oddie.

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00:19:23

Dunedin's royal albatrosses and #royalcam

Our Changing World ·

2016/05/12

There are 26 chicks in the royal albatross colony at Dunedin's Taiaroa Head this year - and the #royalcam chick is very much in the public spotlight.

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00:09:16

Hand-rearing kākāpō chicks

Our Changing World ·

2016/05/12

Veronika Meduna visits a veterinary facility in Invercargill where staff look after kākāpō chicks that had to be taken off their island homes to be hand-reared.

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