International research into the health benefits of blackcurrants has local berry growers thinking of ways to sell more of their […]
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A wrap-up of the science stories grabbing headlines here and internationally.
Business Day: Wider use tipped for animal tagging scheme
Claire McEntee writes in Business Day about a tracking system, already used for cattle and deer, which could be expanded […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Anthony Doesburg – Where’s the carbon? You’re standing on it
Anthony Doesburg writes in the NZ Herald about soil carbon, and scientists’ efforts to measure just how much is contained […]
Continue readingWaikato Times: Meat and veg from freezer to the plate
Felicity Wolfe writes for the Waikato Times about food technologist Erik Arndt’s combination of frozen meat and vegetables as a […]
Continue readingLatest review backs IPCC report findings, calls for more transparency
A major review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s fourth assessment report by the Netherlands Environment Agency wrapped up […]
Continue readingStuff/NZPA: Orange roughy fishery collapse continues
The Ministry of Fisheries has said that despite efforts, the orange roughy fishery on the Chatham Rise is continuing to […]
Continue readingStuff Science: New Zealand fish language recorded
Kiran Chug writes for the Dominion Post about the discovery by local scientists that New Zealand fish ‘talk’. Some species […]
Continue readingODT: Boosting Science
An editorial in the Otago Daily Times examines the efforts being made around New Zealand to boost the image of, […]
Continue readingThe Press: PM’s faith in ETS ‘too optimistic’
David Williams writes in The Press about a local academic’s view that Prime Minister John Key may have unrealistic expectations […]
Continue readingThe Press: Government ‘greenwash’ alleged
David Williams writes in The Press about unhappiness by environmental groups over the government’s national policy statement (NPS) on biodiversity. […]
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