Our understanding of how, and why, the earth’s largest ice sheet lost so much of its ice between 7,000 and […]
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Newsletter Digest: Aussie floods and the Knight Science Journalism Fellowships
Aussie floods – the scientific angles It has been a grim start to the year for Australia, with the state […]
Continue readingQueensland floods: the aftermath – experts respond
Our colleagues at the Australian Science Media Centre have released the following expert commentary on the aftermath of the Queensland […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Popular painkillers ‘lift stroke, heart risk’
Martin Johnston writes in the New Zealand Herald about a new study which suggests that the long-term use of popular […]
Continue readingMedia coverage: Key player in saving of kakapo dies
Richard Henry, the kakapo whose discovery in 1975 overturned the belief that kakapo had become extinct, has died. Henry, who […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: “Rollies’ more addictive, study shows
Martin Johnston writes in the New Zealand Herald about research from Victoria University suggesting that roll-your-own cigarettes (rollies) might be […]
Continue readingExpert reaction to new research on painkillers and heart attacks/strokes
Experts react to a study published in the British Medical Journal that suggests that commonly used painkillers increase the risk […]
Continue readingQueensland flood crisis – experts respond
The most recent flash floods in Queensland, which started on Monday, have now claimed at least 10 lives, and left […]
Continue readingClimate summary 2010 released
The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) issued its annual report on New Zealand’s climate today, highlighting the warmest, […]
Continue readingRadio NZ: Glaciers ruled by rain and snow – climatologist
Following research published in Nature GeoScience which has suggested that New Zealand stands to lose over 75% or more of […]
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