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Our Changing World for Thursday 25 July 2019

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  • Our Changing World for 25 July 2019

    environment

    9:05 PM.The Department of Conservation and groups such as the Coal Island Trust are taking pests off Fiordland islands and reintroducing rare species. Audio

  • Restoring Fiordland's 'island lifeboats'

    environment
    View from the shore of Coal Island, looking up Preservation Inlet in Fiordland's remote southwest.

    9:06 PM.The Department of Conservation and volunteer groups, including the Coal Island Trust, are hard at work removing pests such as stoats and deer from Fiordland's many islands. Read more Audio

  • Magnesium - loved by everyone and everything

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    8:00 AM.Magnesium is loved by plants, folk suffering constipation and boy-racers, as Allan Blackman reveals in ep 46 of Elemental. Read more Audio

  • Manganese - the 'essential' essential element

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    8:00 AM.The metal manganese is a vital part of photosynthesis and is found in aluminium drink cans, says Prof Allan Blackman from AUT in ep 47 of Elemental. Read more Audio

  • Mercury - mesmerising quicksilver

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    8:00 AM.Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature and atmospheric pressure, says Allan Blackman in ep 48 of Elemental. Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 18 July 2019
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 1 August 2019
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