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Our Changing World for 11 March 2021
9:05 PM.Rare dolphins and whales were among the discoveries when the Far Out Ocean Research Collective surveyed the seas off Northland. Audio
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A new test for IVF embryos
9:07 PM.Fertility researchers are developing a new way of testing IVF embryos that have too many chromosomes. Read more Video, Audio
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Glaciers as barometers of climate change
9:06 PM.Shaun Eaves talks about glaciers in the North Island and how evidence left behind by glaciers can help reconstruct past climates. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 4 March 2021
9:05 PM.Developing a new test for detecting IVF embryos carrying too many chromosomes, and what past and present glaciers can tell us about climate. Audio
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Mapping NZ's underground water
9:07 PM.Much of New Zealand's freshwater flows underground, and a team from GNS Science is in the process of mapping it. Read more Audio
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Collaborating to move freshwater species
9:06 PM.University of Canterbury freshwater biologists are using a joint mātauranga Māori and western conservation science framework for their work translocating species. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 25 February 2021
9:05 PM.Mapping the hidden reservoirs of underground water across New Zealand and a mātauranga Māori view on moving freshwater species. Audio
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Weka: a wily but wary bird
9:07 PM.Ornithologist and author Ralph Powlesland is intimately acquainted with the weka families on the regenerating Marlborough Sounds farm where he lives. Read more Audio
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Disaster law
9:06 PM.University of Canterbury's John Hopkins and Toni Collins explain disaster law and shortcomings in NZ's legal system highlighted by the Canterbury earthquakes. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 18 February 2021
9:05 PM.The natural history of Marlborough's weka and disaster law: what it is and its role in disaster resilience. Audio
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Liquefaction: lessons from the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes
9:07 PM.Misko Cubrinovski is interested how the ground and the structures on - and in - it behave during an earthquake. Read more Audio
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Fixing environmental problems one plant at a time
9:06 PM.Biotechnologist David Leung finds ways to make plants solve environmental issues. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 11 February 2021
9:05 PM.Liquefaction lessons from the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, and biotechnologists doing interesting things with plants. Audio
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Engineering new ways to treat dirty water
9:07 PM.University of Canterbury engineers plan to 3D print the next generation of wastewater treatment filters. Read more Audio
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How to behave better towards the environment
9:06 PM.Victoria University of Wellington's Wokje Abrahamse talks about environmental behaviour change, and projects to get people to save energy and use their cars less. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 4 February 2021
9:05 PM.Designing a new kind of filter to treat wastewater and how to encourage people to behave in a more environmentally friendly way. Read more Audio
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The value of community gardens
9:07 PM.Summer students from Victoria University of Wellington have been helping the Innermost community gardens in Wellington put numbers on their social and environmental values. Read more Audio
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Growing dune plants a challenging passion
9:06 PM.Each year Jo Bonner and the team at Coastlands Plant Nursery in Whakatane grow 300,000 spinifex and pingao plants for dune replanting at beaches around the North Island. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 28 January 2021
9:05 PM.Measuring the value of a community garden and the challenges of growing dune plants for restoring sand dune communities. Audio
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Talking about abortion law reform
8:00 AM.University of Otago student Ruby Parker says it's important to talk about abortion. She is in conversation with researcher Emma Harcourt. Read more Audio
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Rising water, rising problems
8:00 AM.University of Otago student Jenny Stein is finding out how rising sea levels are a growing problem for many coastal settlements, including the densely populated suburb of South Dunedin. Read more Audio
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Horsing around: ketamine and me
8:00 AM.When University of Otago student Asia King got the call to take part in a study using ketamine to treat depression, she said yes - and made a podcast about the experience. Read more Audio
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Epiphytes - high-rise plants
9:07 PM.Discover the hidden world of arboreal plants, which get a leg-up in the world by living on trees. Read more Audio
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Designing low damage buildings
9:06 PM.Low-damage buildings don't just save lives in an earthquake - they are designed to be resilient so they can stay in use. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 17 December 2020
9:05 PM.Epiphytes are the high rise experts of the plant world, and resilient buildings should save lives and still be useable after an earthquake. Audio