Science
Our Changing World – Our El Niño summer
How do meteorologists predict what's coming? As we head into an El Niño summer. climate change is making weather forecasting tough. Audio
Science: Dust and dinosaurs, ultra-water repellence,
Science correspondent Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn to talk about the role dust played in the demise of the dinosaurs, research that could have implications for self-cleaning kitchens and menopause in… Audio
Solving the climate adaptations that can make problems worse
Opinion - A global climate adaptation industry is sometimes imposing solutions that backfire at the cost of vulnerable communities, write Ritodhi Chakraborty and Claire Burgess.
Long Read: The MethaneSAT saga
By Eloise Gibson: How did New Zealand come to invest $29 million in a Bezos-backed methane satellite space plan? Audio
The power of comic books
The power and potential of comic books is being realised with a new project at Auckland University. 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… Audio
Beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, a landscape frozen in time is revealed
From high above, the icy kingdom of Antarctica appears as a vast, flat wilderness. A white sheet, draped over the planet's southern pole.
Our 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
'World renowned' study still going after 50 years gets its third director
Moana Theodore will take over the long-running research project, following the death of former director Richie Poulton. Audio
New Dunedin Study director named
The University of Otago this morning has named Moana Theodore as the new director for its famous research programme, the Dunedin Study.
The Otago epidemiologist is only the third director the study… Audio
The warnings before NZ's spending on measuring cattle burps from space
How did New Zealand come to invest $29m in a Bezos-backed methane satellite space plan that will not improve New Zealand's methane estimates?
Auckland Anniversary floods: Computerised weather modelling performed poorly, review finds
Improving MetService's severe weather forecasts to accurately predict freak destructive storms, such as the Auckland Anniversary downpour, will take "substantial and ongoing investment".
That's one… Audio
MetService on criticism: Auckland Anniversary flooding was 'unprecedented'
MetService is defending itself against criticism it was unable to forecast the extreme rainfall that led to deadly flooding in Auckland in January.
Ted Cheeseman: Can AI and citizen science save our marine mammals?
Happywhale.com - a global database of of marine mammal images - harnesses the power of citizen science and rapid advancements in AI, to track some of the ocean's largest and most endangered creatures… Audio
Long Read: There and back again
By Kate Evans: Humans have been puzzling over the mysteries of animal migration and navigation for centuries. Audio
Tongan volcanic eruption caused ozone depletion
The eruption of Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai early last year chewed up about 5-percent of ozone over the tropical south-western Pacific and Indian Ocean.
The volcanic plume, which reached… Audio
Life in the fast and slow lanes of braided rivers
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… Video, Audio
Our Changing World – Braided rivers
In braided rivers, shifting gravel and weaving water channels make for a complex and dynamic environment. But it's a habitat some species have adapted to – native fish like kōaro, and unique birds… Audio
Space technology for climate change
Each year, a New Zealand social enterprise runs a space research incubator to help explore space-related technologies for climate change. Kadambari Raghukumar talks to the founders of Spacebase. Audio
Nasa probe launches to metal asteroid Psyche
The launch of the investigating spacecraft, also named Psyche, took place from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
