Our Changing World for Thursday 28 March 2019
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Kotahitanga and kākāpō
7:00 PM.Kākāpō chick numbers continue to climb. The latest tally is 64 chicks, including one named Kotahitanga, meaning unity and solidarity. Ep 14 of the Kākāpō Files. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 28 March 2019
9:05 PM.Caves hold a record of past climate change captured in flow stones, and the synthetic heavyweight elements at the bottom of the periodic table have only ever existed fleetingly. Audio
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Caves reveal past climate change
9:06 PM.Caves are a subterranean library of past climate change records, captured as water dripping from above creates flowstones and stalactites. Read more Audio
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Berkelium and the synthetic heavyweights
8:00 AM.The heaviest elements on the periodic table have only ever existed fleetingly in the lab, so Allan Blackman from AUT has grouped them all together in episode 9 of Elemental. Read more Audio
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Beryllium - sweet and precious, but deadly
8:00 AM.You'll find beryllium in precious jewels and a space telescope mirror, but just don't inhale the dust - all in episode 10 of Elemental, with AUT's Professor Allan Blackman. Read more Audio
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Bismuth - an unusual heavy metal
8:00 AM.Bismuth is a heavy metal that expands when frozen, and can be used to levitate trains and soothe upset guts, as Allan Blackman from AUT explains in episode 11 of Elemental. Read more Audio
