Plankton
The potential of plankton
Could your burger one day come with a plankton patty? Alison Ballance visits the Cawthron Institute's collection of more than 750 different strains of microalgae, where scientists are investigating… Audio
The potential of plankton
Could your burger one day come with a plankton patty? Alison Ballance visits the Cawthron Institute's collection of more than 750 different strains of microalgae, where scientists are investigating…
AudioOur Changing World – Microalgae
A collection of 750 different microalgae – or phytoplankton – at the Cawthron Institute offers a treasure trove for researchers seeking new useful compounds. Alison Ballance visits the collection to… Audio
Calling Home: Peter Croot in Galway
Dunedinite Professor Peter Croot has seen a fair bit of both land and sea during his time as an internationally-respected chemical oceanographer, having lived and worked in the USA, Sweden, Germany… Audio, Gallery
Amos Nachoum: 'Rather than aim a gun, I aimed a camera.'
"If your picture is not good enough, it's because you're not close enough." That's the mantra of Israeli solider-turned-wildlife-photographer Amos Nachoum. His film, Picture of His Life is screening… Video, Audio
Our Changing World for 20 December 2018
Salps are a little known but important part of the ocean's plankton, and self-experimenting with the painful stinging nettle, ongaonga. Audio
Seismic surveys deadly for plankton - study
Scientists in Australia have discovered seismic surveys commonly used for underwater oil exploration could be doing significant damage to plankton populations. The experiment found that one hour after… Audio
Survival of the oldest
Palaeontologists studying an ancient group of extinct marine plankton find surprising results about which species are vulnerable to extinction. Audio
Survival of the oldest
Palaeontologists studying an ancient group of extinct marine plankton find surprising results about which species are vulnerable to extinction.
AudioRebecca Priestley: anthologising Antarctica
Senior Lecturer in the Science in Society Group, Victoria University of Wellington, and editor of Dispatches from Continent Seven: an Anthology of Antarctic Science, a new collection of writings by… Audio
Fresh plankton
Research director at the National Centre for Scientific Research, and one of the scientific coordinators for the Tara Oceans expedition, which has collected 35,000 samples of planktonic organisms from… Audio, Gallery
