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Girls are getting their periods earlier – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 30 May 2024

A new study of over 70,000 American women born between 1950 and 2005 has shown that girls are getting their […]

Greenhouse gases are ocean pollution, international court rules – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 24 May 202430 October 2024

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea has ruled that greenhouse gas emissions are a form of marine pollution. The ruling is […]

Bird flu arrives in Australia – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 24 May 202424 May 2024

Two bird flu incursions have hit the Australian state of Victoria. Avian influenza has been detected on an egg farm in Victoria’s […]

Land use change can’t stay in the “too-hard basket”, new report says – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 22 May 202423 May 2024

New Zealand needs to start making tough decisions around the issue of land use change, according to a new report […]

“Precision fermentation” and the future of NZ food – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 16 May 2024

New Zealand labs could soon start mass-producing “dairy-identical” proteins without using cows. The EPA has approved an application from Daisy […]

Kina choking Northland reefs – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 10 May 2024

Fisheries New Zealand has introduced two proposals to tackle kina barrens on the North East coast of Aotearoa. Kina barrens […]

New biocontrol beetles for aggressive wetland weed – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 07 May 202408 May 2024

The Environmental Protection Authority has approved the import and release of four insects in the Manawatū-Whanganui region to control the spread of purple […]

Avian influenza in US dairy cows – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 07 May 202408 May 2024

Overnight, the World Health Organization hosted a webinar on the public health risk of avian influenza (H5N1) recently detected in dairy cattle in the […]