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Our Changing World for Thursday 9 August 2018

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  • Can an introduced parasitic wasp control a nuisance beetle?

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    Entomologists Toni Withers and Andrew Pugh holding a container that is home to a number of native subalpine beetles that are kept at cool temperatures in a fridge.

    9:07 PM.After years of trials, Scion entomologists believe New Zealand could safely introduce a parasitic wasp to control the eucalyptus tortoise beetle. Read more Audio

  • Micro-fossils, filing cabinets and past climate change

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    Palynologist Joe Prebble, of GNS Science, standing in front of a false-colour scanning electron microscope image of a pollen of the daisy family.

    9:06 PM.Tiny grains of fossil pollen are helping GNS Science researchers piece together the big picture of past environments. Read more Audio

  • Our Changing World for 9 August 2018

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    9:05 PM.Finding out if an introduced parasitic wasp could be a biocontrol agent for a pest of eucalpytus trees, and how fossil pollen can tell us about lost worlds. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 2 August 2018
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 16 August 2018
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