Our Changing World

Understanding how grass quality changes over time and when is the best time for cows to eat can help improve grazing management Read more Audio

A bryophyte hunt on Mana Island is a chance to learn more about mosses, liverworts and hornworts Read more Audio

Seismic blasts across a tectonic plate boundary in the Wairarapa will help understand locked plates Read more Audio

The New Zealand Biochar Research Institute is looking at how to produce and apply biochar, and its effects on soil and plants Audio

A collaboration is developing a potential biomarker for high blood pressure, which may be used for pre-eclampsia in the future Audio

Zac Schlader and Toby Mundel are trying to find out if skin temperature has an effect on athletic performance Audio

At Plant and Food Research, Simon Deroles is using a gene gun to test for gene expression Read more Audio

Roger Hellens and a team of researchers have discovered the genes that control for flower colour in Mendel's pea plants Read more Audio

AgResearch scientists have genetically engineered white clover to increase its levels of condensed tannins Read more Audio

Victoria University geologists drove across the sea ice in McMurdo Sound this summer on the hunt for dust Read more Audio

2011 Royal Society of NZ Science Book Prize won by Alison Ballance's 'Kakapo - rescued from the brink of extinction'. Read more

A feature from a conference event encouraging us all to consider our responses to living in a world with a changing climate Audio