The release of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s third and final fifth assessment (AR5) report has garnered […]
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A University of New South Wales study by Rob Brooks, Zinnia Janif and ex-pat Kiwi Barnaby Dixson has burrowed into […]
Continue readingRuataniwha irrigation dam decision – expert responds
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted resource consent to a proposed irrigation dam that will be the largest built […]
Continue readingIPCC report on mitigating climate change – experts respond
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Working Group 3 report on greenhouse gas mitigation has been finalised in Berlin. […]
Continue readingGreenhouse Gas Inventory takes stock of emissions
The Ministry for the Environment has issued its latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory (1990-2012) and Net Position — the official annual […]
Continue readingTamiflu review spurs debate over stockpiling
A new analysis of withheld studies has questioned the usefulness of antiviral drug Tamiflu in the event of an influenza […]
Continue readingSAVVY arrives in Dunedin
See photos from our latest Science Media SAVVY media skills workshop, held in Dunedin 27-28 March. It was a jam-packed […]
Continue readingWater quality choices ahead – Sir David Skegg
Expanding dairying is certainly good for the economy, but will come at a cost, writes Sir David Skegg, President of […]
Continue readingTamiflu, antiviral drugs’ value questioned – experts respond
Stockpiling of the antiviral drug Tamiflu may be of little use in the event of a influenza pandemic, according to […]
Continue readingCircumcision health risks and benefits – experts respond
A new review of US data has prompted a team of researchers to call on practitioners and policy makers to […]
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