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Dr Claire Concannon follows scientists into the bush, over rivers, back to their labs and many places in-between to cover the most fascinating research being done in Aotearoa New Zealand.... more
FAQs about Our Changing World:How many episodes does Our Changing World have?The podcast currently has 1,597 episodes available.
March 31, 2016Dunnocks - and what bird sperm can tell usBird sperm from native species such as robins, as well as introduced dunnocks from Dunedin, may shed light on problems with male fertility and infertile eggs....more24minPlay
March 31, 2016Hands-on geology at the maraeGNS Science scientists work together with Ngati Kahungunu to run marae-based workshops on geological hazards, natural resources and climate change....more16minPlay
March 24, 2016Restoring nature at Nelson's Brook Waimarama SanctuaryA 14.5 kilometre-long pest proof fence will soon be keeping nature safe from invasive animals, in a nearly 700-hectare forest sanctuary on the outskirts of Nelson...more27minPlay
March 24, 2016Making sense of the code of lifeBBC broadcaster Adam Rutherford discusses how genomics is changing how we think about medicine, agriculture, conservation and even our relationship to our nearest evolutionary cousins, the Neanderthals....more21minPlay
March 24, 2016Tracking the health of kaimoana off Taranaki coastA local hapu, New Plymouth residents and marine scientists have set up a group to monitor the health of kaimoana on the reefs off Waitara, on the Taranaki coast....more13minPlay
March 22, 2016New Zealand leads world in island conservationA new study shows that getting rid of invasive mammals from islands has an enormous positive benefit for rare native species....more15minPlay
March 17, 2016Hairy elephants and transgenic aphidsUniversity of Otago geneticists Peter Dearden and Neil Gemmell continue their discussion of the gene editing tool CRISPR and its use in genomics, conservation and de-extinction....more19minPlay
March 17, 2016Using light and electricity to study individual brain cellsOptogenetics uses light to target individual cells, and Peter Freestone is using it to better understand Parkinson's disease and the role of endocannabinoids in how brain cells communicate....more12minPlay
March 17, 2016New Zealand's prehistoric polar forestsA team of Australian and New Zealand fossil hunters on a National Geographic expedition spent weeks scouring sites in Marlborough and on the Chatham Islands for remnants of prehistoric polar forests....more18minPlay
March 17, 2016CarpN Neutral - doing good things with bad koi carpIntroduced koi carp are a nuisance in lakes and rivers in the Waikato, and the CarpN Neutral project catches them and turns their bodies into fertiliser for use in native revegetation programmes....more15minPlay
FAQs about Our Changing World:How many episodes does Our Changing World have?The podcast currently has 1,597 episodes available.