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Our Changing World for Thursday 2 June 2016

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 26 May 2016
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  • Smart kaka - can you teach old parrots new tricks?

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    Kaka

    9:46 PM.The kaka, or forest parrot, has had its IQ tested for the first time - and in some experiments young naive birds were better problem solvers than older birds that were stuck in their ways. Read more Video, Audio

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  • Acid test for coastal seas

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    Cliff Law leads a $4.9million project to investigate the impact of coastal acidification on marine life.

    9:34 PM.The ocean is becoming more acidic, and this change is most pronounced in coastal seas. Marine scientists have received $4.9 million to work out what is going on and how this affects marine life along… Read more Audio

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  • The virus hunter and the rare plant

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    Lepidium plants with sea in the background

    9:20 PM.Virus hunter and botanist Paul Guy has been called in to help threatened native cress plants that are being infected by three different brassica viruses. Read more Audio

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  • Tuning into whale song

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    Marine ecologist Kim Goetz with one of the acoustic moorings she is deploying in Cook Strait to eavesdrop on whales and dolphins.

    9:06 PM.NIWA marine ecologist Kim Goetz is setting up acoustic monitoring stations in Cook Strait to eavesdrop on whales and dolphins as they migrate through New Zealand waters. Read more Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 26 May 2016
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 9 June 2016
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