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Our Changing World for Thursday 2 April 2020

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 26 March 2020
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  • Our Changing World for 2 April 2020

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    9:05 PM.Virus expert Kurt Krause, from the University of Otago, gives us the lowdown on viruses, and we hear about a rare plant and the viruses that are killing it. Audio

  • Virus 101 - the science of viruses

    science
    This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus.

    9:06 PM.Virus expert Kurt Krause, from the University of Otago, gives us the lowdown on viruses, and on coronaviruses in particular. Read more Audio

  • The virus hunter and the rare plant

    science environment
    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

  • Conservation and Covid-19

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    8:00 AM.Is New Zealand’s environment benefiting from the lockdown? Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 26 March 2020
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 9 April 2020
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