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Our Changing World
Getting out in the field and the lab to bring you New Zealand stories about science, nature and the environment. With Alison Ballance.
Thursdays 9:06pm, repeated at 1:05am Sundays. One feature plays at 3:35pm on Wednesdays

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Researchers win big at awards
Researchers from the sciences and the humanities have had their achievements recognised with awards from the Royal Society Te Apārangi. Read more
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Putting deep sea corals to the test
29 Oct 2020Deep sea corals are being put to the test at NIWA to find out how they cope with sediment. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 29 October 2020
29 Oct 2020NIWA ecologists have been stress testing deep sea corals to find out they cope with sediment. Audio
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Grass and the science of urban CO2
22 Oct 2020Jocelyn Turnbull from GNS Science is measuring how much CO2 we're producing in NZ towns - and she's doing it by cutting the grass. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 22 October 2020
22 Oct 2020GNS Science is measuring how much carbon dioxide we're producing in different towns as part of the Carbon Watch NZ project. Audio
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Carbon Watch & 50 years of CO2 measurements in NZ
15 Oct 2020Dave Lowe on measuring CO2 in New Zealand for 50 years, and how Carbon Watch NZ is a bird's eye view on our carbon balance. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 15 October 2020
15 Oct 2020Fifty years ago Dave Lowe started measuring carbon dioxide in New Zealand's atmosphere. And Gordon Brailsford and Sara Mikaloff Fletcher talk about Carbon Watch NZ project. Audio
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Our Changing World for 8 October 2020
A replay of a story from May 2018: a citizens' jury on euthanasia. Read more Audio
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NZ and the Covid-19 vaccine
When is the Covid-19 vaccine coming? Will it work? William Ray talks to NZ experts charting our path towards immunity. Read more Audio
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Cutting the grass? Cut it out!
24 Sep 2020Lawn owner William Ray looks at the ecological benefits of not mowing and letting your grass grow longer. Read more Audio
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Genetic recipe book for natural products from fungi
17 Sep 2020Emily Parker and her team at Victoria University of Wellington are identifying the genes that allow fungi to create natural medicinal compounds. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 17 September 2020
17 Sep 2020Unlocking the genetic secrets of natural compounds and the evolution of tieke calls. Audio
Our Changing World
Thursdays 9:06pm, repeated at 1:05am Sundays. One feature plays at 3:35pm on Wednesdays
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