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Our Changing World for Thursday 25 February 2016

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 18 February 2016
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 3 March 2016
  • Hangi stones and magnetism

    science te ao Maori
    Hangi stones of various ages with their orientation marked on a plaster of paris cap photo Alison Ballance

    9:46 PM.Hangi or oven stones are a record of the earth's magnetic field at the time they were heated and cooled, and they show a remarkable history of New Zealand's magnetic field for the past 600 years. Read more Audio, Gallery

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  • Facing the reality of climate change

    Pacific science
    Toppled coconut trees at Temaiku, a village in Tarawa.

    9:35 PM.Climate scientist Will Steffen, at the Australian National University, argues that to limit the impacts of climate change on island nations in the Pacific may require technology that takes carbon… Read more Audio

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  • An albatross chick's flowerpot is its castle

    environment
    Chatham albatross chicks sit on their flowerpot nests surrounded by decoy albatrosses to create a sense of a busy noisy colony

    9:33 PM.The Chatham Island Taiko Trust has made flowerpot nests for 50 Chatham Island albatross chicks that are part of a pioneering translocation from The Pyramid to the main Chatham Island. Read more Audio, Gallery

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  • Taiko take off

    environment
    A Chatham Island taiko chick in its underground nest

    9:30 PM.With just 120-or-so known adult birds, 21 new chicks are a very welcome addition to the Chatham Island taiko population. Read more Audio

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  • Booming kakapo numbers

    environment
    Kuia One - the first Fiordland kakapo chick produced by Kuia

    9:25 PM.The endangered kakapo is in the middle of a bumper breeding year that looks set to be the best ever, and conservationists are looking foward to the resulting population boom. Read more Audio, Gallery

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  • Antarctica's ice sheets more sensitive to warming

    science climate
    Ice from East Antarctica flowing through the Transantarctic Mountains. 16 million years ago this region would have been ice-free and covered in tundra vegetation.

    9:20 PM.An international team of scientists found that Antarctica's land-based ice sheets are more vulnerable to rising temperatures than they previously thought. Read more Audio

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  • Technology and learning

    science education
    Apples, bananas and cabbage was all that these boys from St Theresa's school needed to create a musical instrument.

    9:06 PM.Veronika Meduna joins a school group for a morning at MindLab, using fruit and vegetables to build musical instruments. Read more Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 18 February 2016
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 3 March 2016
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