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BREAKTHROUGH: Science gets to the heart of methane20 Mar 18 - Scientists have sequenced the genomes of the micro-organisms that make sheep and cattle emit methane. |
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Did burning coalfields cause Earth’s worst mass extinction?14 Mar 18 - Earth has gone through five mass extinction events – scientists are worried we’re on course to trigger a sixth – and the deadliest one happened 252 million years ago. |
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Plastic pollution has now spread to rivers13 Mar 18 - Microplastics are contaminating rivers as well as the ocean, say scientists. |
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Battered ecosystems almost never recover2 Mar 18 - Ecosystems almost never recover completely from large-scale destruction — even when they're actively restored, says a team of international researchers. |
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Science being denied swamp kauri secrets26 Feb 18 - Scientists fear secret excavation of ancient kauri logs from swamps is hampering their ability to predict future climate change. |
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Summer hottest on record23 Feb 18 - This summer is about to become New Zealand's hottest in history - despite a sub-tropical storm and two ex-tropical cyclones. |
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Thank the seagulls – guano makes the world go round16 Feb 18 - Three new studies of how the world works show that seabird excrement plays an unexpected role, as do polar algae and rotting trees. |
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Victoria University think-tank up there with the best14 Feb 18 - The New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute has been named one of the best environmental policy think-tanks in the world. |
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WONDER WOOD: New material could replace steel in building14 Feb 18 - A type of super-strong wood, which could replace the use of steel in manufacturing, has been developed by US researchers. |
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Climate change might cause birds to hatch early12 Feb 18 - Climate change might cause birds' eggs to hatch early, a new study shows. |
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Is paint stripper causing new problems for the ozone layer?8 Feb 18 - The ozone layer that protects people from the sun’s ultraviolet radiation is not recovering over most highly populated regions, warn scientists. |
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Negative emissions have ‘limited potential’2 Feb 18 - The potential for using negative emissions technologies to help to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement could be more “limited” than previously thought, says a new report. |
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When the heat's at its worst, trees will sweat to stay alive2 Feb 18 - Climate experiment shows trees release water but stop absorbing carbon in extreme heat. |
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Telling the story is climate panel's problem1 Feb 18 - The IPCC is taking guidance on how to communicate its crucial findings beyond speciality scientific and policy circles. |
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Biomining delivers the elements of the future1 Feb 18 - Biomining is the kind of technique promised by science fiction: a vast tank filled with microorganisms that leach metal from ore, old mobile phones and hard drives. |
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How our climate research was turned into fake news1 Feb 18 - Science is slow. It rests on painstaking research with accumulating evidence. This makes for an inherently uneasy relationship with the modern media age, especially once issues are politicised. |
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Breakthrough could mean seawater fuel of the future31 Jan 18 - Advances in electrolysis technology bring seawater one step closer as the fuel of the future. |
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Our phosphorus levels are getting dangerous30 Jan 18 - Man-made phosphorus pollution is reaching dangerously high levels in freshwater basins, new research says. |
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