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Our Changing World for Thursday 27 September 2018

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 20 September 2018
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  • Seabirds at risk from fishing round the globe

    environment
    In the past decade, female Antipodean albatrosses have begun spending long periods in the eastern Pacific, where they are at risk from foreign fishing fleets.

    9:07 PM.Many of New Zealand's threatened seabirds are at danger from fishing across the Pacific. Read more Audio

  • Concussion on her mind

    sport science
    University of Otago researchers are studying rugby players who have experienced multiple bouts of concussion.

    9:07 PM.Melanie Bussey studies concussion in sport, and how the human body reacts to impacts that might cause damage to the brain. Read more Audio

  • Our Changing World for 27 September 2018

    science environment

    9:05 PM.A study into whether getting concussed while playing rugby makes players more likely to get concussion in the future, and trans-Pacific efforts to stop seabirds getting killed by fishing boats. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 20 September 2018
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 4 October 2018
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