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Brazil sends army to tackle Amazon fires, amid international pressure
Brazil has authorised its army to help fight fires in the Amazon, after an increase in international pressure.
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Pablo Garcia Borboroglu - Protecting penguins
11:06 am todayPenguin expert Pablo Garcia Borboroglu is the founder and President of the Global Penguin Society, a science-based conservation coalition which has helped… Audio
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Evolutionary ecologist who found god via Richard Dawkins
9:30 am todayBirds, Richard Dawkins, and The Vicar of Dibley are some surprising inspirations behind Professor Andy Gosler's conversion to Christianity. The University of… Audio
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Penguin researchers flock to Dunedin for annual conference
6:19 am todayAbout 80 percent of the world's penguin researchers are in Dunedin for the tenth International Penguin Conference, starting today.
Brazil sends army to tackle Amazon fires, amid international pressure
Brazil has authorised its army to help fight fires in the Amazon, after an increase in international pressure.
Pablo Garcia Borboroglu - Protecting penguins
Penguin expert Pablo Garcia Borboroglu is the founder and President of the Global Penguin Society, a science-based conservation coalition which has helped protect 32 million acres of habitat and taken… Audio
Evolutionary ecologist who found god via Richard Dawkins
Birds, Richard Dawkins, and The Vicar of Dibley are some surprising inspirations behind Professor Andy Gosler's conversion to Christianity. The University of Oxford ethnobiologist has studied the… Audio
Penguin researchers flock to Dunedin for annual conference
About 80 percent of the world's penguin researchers are in Dunedin for the tenth International Penguin Conference, starting today.
Rain every day of August, but Watercare wants more
It's rained every single day this month in Auckland -- but there's one organisation - Watercare - that doesn't want the wet weather to let up yet. Chen Liu reports. Audio
Climate protester marks 100 days at Parliament
For 100 days - rain, hail, and shine - Ollie Langridge has been camped out at Parliament with one message. He wants politicians to declare a climate emergency. Unfortunately, that call to action has… Video, Audio
Critter of the Week: Black tunnelweb spider
Nicola Toki Doc's Threatened Species Ambassador is here to tell us about this week's critter - the black tunnelweb spider which was Peter Jackson's inspiration for Shelob the spider in Lord of the… Audio, Gallery
Huge risk from rivers and rising seas
Hundreds of thousands of people, and billions of dollars of property in New Zealand, are now deemed to be at risk from rivers and rising seas. The details are contained in two reports released by NIWA… Audio
Oxygen - the friendly element
Oxygen is very friendly with other chemical elements & very helpful for life on Earth, says Allan Blackman from AUT in ep 56 of Elemental. Audio
Using sound to brew better beer
What happens if you play a Viennese waltz or death metal to beer as it brews? Experimenting with musical ways of making better beer. Audio
Our Changing World for 22 August 2019
Does playing different sounds to fermenting yeast change the taste of beer and osmium, the densest chemical element. Audio
Application to spill wastewater will 'avoid costly prosecutions'
Queenstown Lakes District Council is defending a controversial application to spill wastewater into the district's waterways.
Climate of risk: New reports map rising costs of flooding
Almost 700,000 people and $135 billion worth of property in New Zealand are presently exposed to flooding from rivers in extreme weather, according to one report.
'Microplastics are everywhere, including our drinking water'
New research shows microplastics may be in a lot of drinking water globally, and it may that end up in our organs, while local academics say we are more exposed to plastics than we may think.
Quake near Seddon, felt in Wellington
A moderate 4.6 magnitude earthquake has been recorded 30km east of Seddon and was felt all the way in Wellington.
'Disappointment' as rātā trees bowled for new stop bank
Four large rātā trees, thought to be about 300 years old, were bowled over on Tuesday to make way for a new flood stop bank.
Conservation landscape design at Auckland Zoo
Auckland Zoo has embarked on a huge overhaul, spending millions to develop the South East Asia Jungle Track to open by the end of 2020. US-based Becca Hanson leads the team, she specialises in… Audio, Gallery
Brazil space agency reports more Amazon fires amid political row
Brazil's Amazon rainforest has seen a record number of fires this year, new space agency data suggests.
Three hundred years of history bowled over in a morning
The removal of four rata trees thought to be about 300 years old is being condemned by a Karamea local who says the regional council's ripped out history. The four trees were bowled over on Tuesday to… Audio
Helen Clark challenges tourism on climate
Helen Clark told hundreds of people in Christchurch last night New Zealand's long-haul tourism would need strong climate strategy to appeal to climate-conscious tourists.
