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Our Changing World for Thursday 19 October 2023

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  • Life in the fast and slow lanes of braided rivers

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    Two women stand in the shallows of a braided river channel. One is holding a device that looks like a handheld metal detector. The other is standing downstream wielding a net attached to two poles. There is a bucket next to the second woman. Beyond the riverbed, there are foothills and snow-capped mountains beneath a cloud-streaked blue sky.

    5:00 AM.In the ever-shifting streams and channels of a braided river, creatures must adapt to change. Claire Concannon joins a researcher on the spectacular Cass River near Tekapo for a spot of electrofishing… Read more Video, Audio

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