Brian Fallow writes in the New Zealand Herald about the aftermath of the Cancun climate change talks, and the extent […]
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‘Beware quick-fix diets’ – NZ nutrition experts
As summer holidays approach — and the appeal of fad diets grows amongst people aiming to slim down quickly — […]
Continue readingStuff: Climate scientists struggle against butterfly effect
Michael Field writes for Stuff about NIWA’s quarterly seasonal climate outlook, and why accurately forecasting weather out past 16 days […]
Continue readingThe Press: Ignore diversity at Earth’s peril
Ian Spellerberg and Jeff McNeely write, in an opinion piece in The Press, write about biodiversity: an issue of at […]
Continue reading‘Cancun Agreements’ emerge from COP16 talks – experts respond
Over the weekend, delegates at UN climate talks adopted the ‘Cancun Agreements‘, laying the groundwork for an extension to Kyoto […]
Continue readingMedia coverage: Deal struck at Cancun
Governments from all over the world have struck a deal at COP16, the sixteenth UN conference on climate change, held […]
Continue readingSunday Star Times: Mysteries of our universe
Adam Dudding writes in the Sunday Star Times about New Zealand scientist Peter Schwerdtfeger, who was recently awarded the prestigious […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Seismic hazards, lignite and hydrogen, and SCANZ 2011
“Plenty more earthquakes” to come Canterbury University engineering expert Professor Andy Buchanan wasn’t mincing his words in this week’s Science […]
Continue readingMedia coverage: how earthquake-proof are our cities?
Yesterday, the SMC held an online briefing in which geologist Martha Savage and engineer Andy Buchanan explained how ‘seismic design’ […]
Continue readingThe Press: The climate stampede has started
Barry Coates, of Oxfam NZ, writes in the press about the latest climate talks taking place in COP16, and the […]
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