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"Plenty more earthquakes" to come
Friday, 10 December 2010, 4:36 pm | Science Media Centre
Canterbury University engineering expert Professor Andy Buchanan wasn't mincing his words in this week's Science Media Centre media briefing - he considers it a "fluke" that no one was killed in September's 7.1 quake in Canterbury. More >>
Attack on fur seal colony - expert responds
Monday, 6 December 2010, 1:43 pm | Science Media Centre
23 New Zealand fur seal pups and adults were found clubbed to death this morning at Ohau Point, near Kaikoura. The Department of Conservation has issued a press release with further details of the incident. (Contact the Science Media Centre to have a ... More >>
Kyoto focus in Cancun climate talks
Friday, 3 December 2010, 4:46 pm | Science Media Centre
Predictably fraught negotiations appear to have dominated the COP16 climate summit in Cancun, Mexico, as representatives from 190-odd countries try to come to agreement on how to lower greenhouse gas emissions. The overall goal of the conference is to ... More >>
International Year of Biodiversity, is drawing to a close
Friday, 3 December 2010, 4:07 pm | Science Media Centre
This year's targets for global biodiversity conservation -- the culmination of UN efforts emerging from the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 -- have largely failed. More >>
2010 Global Temperatures 'near record levels' - WMO
Friday, 3 December 2010, 10:54 am | Science Media Centre
The World Meteorological Organization released its draft annual statement on the status of global climate today at UN climate talks (COP16) in Cancun. The statement details extreme weather trends around the globe in the past year , and says that ... More >>
Arsenic-eating bacteria expand scope of what life could be
Friday, 3 December 2010, 10:17 am | Science Media Centre
NASA researchers have discovered a strain of bacteria in a lake in California that uses arsenic as one of its nutrients, increasing the potential for finding new forms of life on Earth and beyond. More >>
Experts on preliminary results from new longitudinal study
Friday, 26 November 2010, 4:53 pm | Science Media Centre
The study will follow more than 7000 Kiwi families over two decades, through pregnancy, birth, childhood and adolescence, until participating children reach adulthood. This first report presents data from extensive interviews with expectant mothers and their ... More >>
Experts on potential techniques to stabilise Pike River
Thursday, 25 November 2010, 3:33 pm | Science Media Centre
Further explosions in the Pike River mine are possible as a volatile mix of gases prevents a rescue crew from entering the mine to retrieve the bodies of the miners who are presumed dead following a second massive explosion yesterday. More >>
Mine CCTV footage - what it may tell us
Wednesday, 24 November 2010, 11:29 am | Science Media Centre
CCTV video footage taken from a camera at the entrance to the Pike River mine was released last night and shows the impact of the pressure wave that resulted from the explosion deep within the mine. More >>
Effectiveness of robots in mine rescue operations
Tuesday, 23 November 2010, 10:48 am | Science Media Centre
A military robot sent into the Pike River mine to survey conditions has broken down, mine officials confirmed at a press conference this morning. The multi-purpose robot carried four cameras, which it was hoped would return images to engineers of the ... More >>
Experts on explosion, conditions in the mine, rescue efforts
Monday, 22 November 2010, 3:15 pm | Science Media Centre
Drilling continues at the Pike River mine as engineers create a 162-metre deep bore hole through to the mine shaft which they will use to take more air quality measurements and to lower a camera to try and see inside the mine. More >>
Experts on agriculture's inclusion in the ETS
Thursday, 18 November 2010, 12:28 pm | Science Media Centre
The Government's plan to include agriculture in the Emissions Trading Scheme in 2015 may not go ahead if New Zealand's trading partners fail to introduce a carbon tax or ETS More >>
US-NZ Declaration: hints of science
Friday, 5 November 2010, 3:04 pm | Science Media Centre
US-NZ Declaration: hints of science Rebuilding military ties was the centerpiece of the Wellington Declaration that resulted from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Wellington this week. More >>
Stopping spread of brain damage in stroke victims
Thursday, 4 November 2010, 11:58 am | Science Media Centre
Current therapies for stroke victims depend on rapid access to medical care. Within hours of a stroke, irreversible brain damage begins spreading to neighbouring regions of the brain. More >>
Movement for better understanding of statistics
Wednesday, 20 October 2010, 2:29 pm | Science Media Centre
Today marks the first ever World Statistics Day, a UN initiative aimed at 'celebrating the many contributions and achievements of official statistics' to society. More >>
Climate data rescued from missionary diaries, logs
Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 12:34 pm | Science Media Centre
Weather data salvaged from Northland missionary diaries and Australian First Fleet ship logs are the focus of an international workshop on recovering climate information from historical sources. More >>
Expert contacts for earthquake coverage
Saturday, 4 September 2010, 11:18 am | Science Media Centre
Scientists have described this morning's 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Canterbury as the most significant since the 1931 magnitude 7.8 Hawke's Bay earthquake. More >>
Climate scientist on recommended IPCC overhaul
Tuesday, 31 August 2010, 1:35 pm | Science Media Centre
Overnight in New York, an independent report was released which recommended a major overhaul of procedures and management of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. More >>
Prenatal pesticides exposure linked to disorders
Friday, 20 August 2010, 1:12 pm | Science Media Centre
US research suggests children who were exposed to organophosphate pesticides while still in their mother's womb were more likely to develop attention disorders years later. More >>
Journals not court is place for scientific debate
Monday, 16 August 2010, 10:45 am | Science Media Centre
The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) faces a legal challenge by climate sceptics group the Climate Science Coalition which is taking the Crown Research Institute to court over the accuracy of its climate data. More >>
