Navigation for Our Changing World

  • Our Changing World home
  • Episodes
  • Search
  • Galleries
  • Collections

Our Changing World for Thursday 17 December 2020

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 10 December 2020
  • Next Episode: Monday, 4 January 2021
  • Epiphytes - high-rise plants

    science environment
    Ecologists with an interest in epiphytes: KC Burns and Tom Dawes stand in front of a climbing rata growing up a larger tree.

    9:07 PM.Discover the hidden world of arboreal plants, which get a leg-up in the world by living on trees. Read more Audio

  • Designing low damage buildings

    technology science
    A large scale lab test.of various structural components engineered for safer buildings takes place at the University of Canterbury.

    9:06 PM.Low-damage buildings don't just save lives in an earthquake - they are designed to be resilient so they can stay in use. Read more Audio

  • Our Changing World for 17 December 2020

    science environment

    9:05 PM.Epiphytes are the high rise experts of the plant world, and resilient buildings should save lives and still be useable after an earthquake. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 10 December 2020
  • Next Episode: Monday, 4 January 2021
shielded