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Our Changing World for Thursday 3 September 2015
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Psychology of Climate Change
9:46 PM.Victoria University psychology lecturer Marc Wilson discusses why some people remain unsure about climate change, despite the overwhelming evidence. Read more Video, Audio
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Theta-R - a sound and light installation
9:40 PM.Among the works at the recent Lux festival in Wellington was an audiovisual kinetic sculpture called Theta-R Read more Video, Audio
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'Albatross' - a poem
9:38 PM.Janis Freegard reads her poem 'Albatross' from The Glass Rooster, published by Auckland University Press Audio
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Human hunting and Stewart Island Shags
9:36 PM.Hunting by Maori had very different effects on the Stewart Island and Otago populations of Stewart Island shags. Read more Audio
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Junk Food: plastic pollution is a growing threat to seabirds
9:34 PM.A new study says that 90% of the world's seabirds ingest plastic, and those seabirds that feed in the Tasman Sea are most at risk from plastic Read more Audio
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Mission Complete: New Zealand's first ocean glider takes to the seas
9:20 PM.NIWA oceanographers retrieve an autonomous ocean glider after a successful two-week deployment to explore physical and biological properties of the ocean. Read more Video, Audio
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Firing up the Plant Barbecue
9:06 PM.To find the best plants to use in green firebreaks, biologists are testing the flammability of plants on the 'plant barbecue' Read more Video, Audio
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