Our Changing World

Seabed 2030 is an international collaboration to map the world's sea floor, much of which is unmapped. Read more Audio

Astronomer Duncan Steel is an expert in detecting asteroids and comets, and in defending the earth from potential impacts. Read more Audio

Research reveals new evidence about past, present and future impacts of climate change on Antarctica's ice. Read more Audio

Wasps are a big problem in New Zealand, and scientists hope that knowing the genomes of common and German wasps will help them find novel ways of controlling the pests. Read more Audio

Geologists have discovered that the 2012 eruption of Havre volcano, on the Kermadec Arc, was the world's largest submarine volcanic eruption. Read more Video, Audio

Michele Prinsep is a 'drug hunter' - she looks for potential pharmaceuticals in marine organisms and cyanobacteria. Read more Audio

University of Otago researchers are developing the ultimate heat-and-eat: an edible bioplastic food wrap, using waste from the corn and shellfish industries. Read more Audio

Psychologist David Moreau is working with New Zealand schools to find out if exercise combined with a computer game aimed at brain training could help improve kids' brains. Read more Audio