Earth’s seasonal rhythms are changing, putting species and ecosystems at risk
Photo / Shutterstock / Colin Stephenson By Daniel Hernández Carrasco, University of Canterbury and Jonathan Tonkin, University of Canterbury
Government Greenlights Three R&D Projects to Tackle Invasive Caulerpa
Photo / Sid Ware / Ministry for Primary Industries
UV Light Offers Promise for Some Caulerpa, Uncertain Impact for Aotea
Ultraviolet light is used to make drinking water safe, zap bugs, and reveal blood spatter at crime scenes. Now, a team from the University of Auckland is exploring whether it could also help preserve New Zealand’s kaimoana and boatie way…
Government to Resume Oil and Gas Exploration
Photo / Angus Dreaver / RNZ The Government will reverse its ban on oil and gas exploration, Minister for Resources Shane Jones has confirmed. Jones said New Zealand’s natural gas reserves were declining and sustainable sources like wind, solar and…
Aotea Gets High-Tech Weapon to Fight Caulerpa
A new weapon is joining the fight against the invasive Caulerpa algae. The Aotea Caulerpa Response Team, MPI, the Aotea/Great Barrier Local Board and Auckland Council are teaming up to use suction dredges to remove Caulerpa from key locations. These…
A clock in the rocks: what cosmic rays tell us about Earth’s changing surface and climate
Photo / Jamey Stutz, CC BY-SA By Shaun Eaves, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Jamey Stutz, The Ohio State University; Kevin Norton, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, and Pedro Doll, University of Canterbury How…
West Antarctica’s ice sheet was smaller thousands of years ago – here’s why this matters today
Photo / Hugh Chittock/Antarctica New Zealand, CC BY-SA By Dan Lowry, GNS Science and Holly Kyeore Han, NASA As the climate warms and Antarctica’s glaciers and ice sheets melt, the resulting rise in sea level has the potential to displace…
Beyond Meat and Milk: Agricultural Sectors at a Crossroads
Grazing into the Future: Alternative Proteins Could Reshape New Zealand’s Landscape. Photo / Bernard Spragg / CC By Christopher Rosin, Lincoln University, New Zealand and Hugh Campbell, University of Otago The history of farming is seeded with technological “big bang”…
Motion Grounded: Council Decision Keeps Helipads Hovering Over Gulf
In a decision that clipped the wings of its advocates, Auckland City Council’s Planning, Environment, and Parks Committee on Thursday rejected Councillor Mike Lee’s motion to prohibit private helipads in the residential and settlement areas of the Hauraki Gulf Islands.…
Mapping the Mysteries of the Hauraki Gulf
Scientists from the Department of Conservation (DoC) and Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington have undertaken an ambitious project to map some of the Hauraki Gulf’s deepest and most unexplored reefs. Using an underwater drone, crews have plunged to depths…