Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa
13 February 2012 - 1:46 am NZ time
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Our Changing World
with Veronika Meduna & Dean Williams
Thursdays 9 - 10pm
Audio from Thursday 29 March 2007
Not all audio is available due to copyright restrictions.
- 21:06 Ice Cores
Paul Mayewski, at the University of Maine, explains what ice cores can tell us about past climates and environments. (12′34″)
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- 21:18 Prue Taylor
University of Auckland's Prue Taylor has been selected by the World Conservation Union as one of 20 outstanding women worldwide to work on climate change. (12′41″)
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- 21:32 Clouds
Geoff Austin, a geophysicist at the University of Auckland, talks about the physics of clouds and rain. (11′14″)
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- 21:45 Elderly Care
Paul Owen, at Auckland Hospital, discusses elderly care and the changing age structure of New Zealand society. (12′23″)
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Science
Veronika Meduna discusses ice core records from Greenland and Antarctica with Paul Mayewski, the director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, who is in New Zealand to deliver the ST Lee lecture in Antarctic studies.
Dean Williams talks to Geoff Austin, professor of geophysics at the University of Auckland, who was recently awarded the Hugh Robert Mill Award by the Royal Meteorological Society for his work on clouds and weather systems.
Environment
Prue Taylor, at the University of Auckland, has been selected as one of 20 outstanding women across the world working on climate change issues.
Health
Louise Wallace talks to geriatrician Paul Owen about care for the elderly and New Zealand's changing demographics.
The Team
Presenters:
Alison Ballance
Ruth Beran
Veronika Meduna
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A mix of in depth interviews, packages and sound rich features, Our Changing World covers topics across all scientific disciplines, natural history and environmental issues, and developments in health as well as exploring the human side of science and the personalities behind it.
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