Our Changing World

By RNZ

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

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The podcast currently has 1,597 episodes available.

Our Changing World episodes:

October 08, 2015 Science of stony soils and water
There are a million hectares of stony soils in New Zealand - and scientists are using lysimeters to measure how water and cow urine move through them
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15min
October 01, 2015 Kermadec region becomes an open ocean sanctuary
This week, the government announced the creation of the Kermadec ocean sanctuary, which covers 620,000 square kilometres and bans mining, prospecting and fishing.
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5min
October 01, 2015 Too much salt
We live in a high salt world, so how feasible is it in our current shopping environment to eat a low sodium diet
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16min
October 01, 2015 Offsetting biodiversity losses
Environmental Defence Society policy analyst Marie Brown discusses the challenge of how development projects can offset biodiversity losses.
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15min
October 01, 2015 Moving animals for conservation
There have been hundreds of relocations of animals for conservation reasons in New Zealand and Australia - so what lessons have we learnt
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14min
October 01, 2015 Planning for a pandemic
The Great Barrier Island community discusses the frightening prospect that they could be the sole survivors after a global flu pandemic.
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14min
September 24, 2015 Wildbase - a hospital dedicated to native wildlife
At Wildbase, New Zealand's only dedicated wildlife hospital, vets treat more than 300 native animals each year as well as doing research on conservation issues.
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22min
September 24, 2015 Oil off a duck's back
It takes 400 litres of freshwater to clean a seabird that has been covered in oil, but new research using ducks shows that seawater is a viable alternative
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16min
September 24, 2015 Rethinking enzyme evolution
Proteins have evolved over many millions of years - but they can also evolve rapidly, in just years, and this offers insights into how evolution itself works
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13min
September 24, 2015 The worm returns
Many farms in New Zealand are missing deep burrowing earthworms, that can help better grass growth, so Nicole Schon is relocating worms to farms in need
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16min

FAQs about Our Changing World:

How many episodes does Our Changing World have?

The podcast currently has 1,597 episodes available.