As delegates at the United Nations climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, negotiate what — if any — binding […]
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A New Zealand energy expert who has just arrived back from the COP17 climate talks in Durban, says progress during […]
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In an open letter to the Conservation Minister, a group of over 100 New Zealand scientists have expressed their “collective […]
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Finance writer Diane Clement explores the psychology of gift-giving in a New Zealand Herald article, drawing on kiwi experts and […]
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You are what you eat – so we are told, but can nutrition have an impact on how brainy your […]
Continue readingSMC Heads-Up to 8 December: Ocean Think Tank, SCANZ 2012 and Smart Meters
Click below to read the Science Media Centre’s latest Heads-Up newsletter bringing you the latest science and tech news and […]
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Warming of the oceans may not be as terrible an experience for fish in some waters which are already warm […]
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A leading Australian researcher, Queensland University ecologist Professor Hugh Possingham, turned the tables on media at a briefing in Auckland […]
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Some of the 250 international scientists gathered in Auckland for a world conference on conservation biology, have just spent three […]
Continue readingEmissions rose as economy weakened – experts respond
Correspondence published today in the journal Nature Climate and undertaken by the Global Carbon Project, shows that CO2 emissions increased […]
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