Ecosystems
Fall from grass: ditching lawns to make way for trees
A lot of urban areas are grassed by default and the planet would be better off if we planted trees instead, says AUT professor Len Gillman. He's been writing about the downsides of mowed grass for… Audio
Wading into mangrove research
Native mangroves in Aotearoa are expanding, putting them in conflict with some local communities & councils. A wade into the research about the value of mangroves & how they are managed. Audio
Forest Pests and Carbon Storage
Dean Baigent-Mercer, Forest & Bird's Northland Conservation Advocate joins us once again - the impacts of introduced browsing animals had on native ecosystems' carbon storage. Audio
Micro-fossils, filing cabinets and past climate change
Tiny grains of fossil pollen are helping GNS Science researchers piece together the big picture of past environments. Audio
Our Changing World for 9 August 2018
Finding out if an introduced parasitic wasp could be a biocontrol agent for a pest of eucalpytus trees, and how fossil pollen can tell us about lost worlds. Audio
Dame Georgina Mace: Valuing Nature
Dame Georgina Mace talks with Kim Hill about how the focus of conservation has shifted from preservation and protection to adaptability and resilience. Audio
Crustaceans: guardians of the aquifer
Some of our purest water relies on a delicate balance of life - bacteria, crustaceans and invertebrates - that filter and feed on water-borne pollutants. Audio, Gallery
Frog sounds
Kirsten Parris of The University of Melbourne is the author of Ecology of Urban Environments (Wiley). She loves frogs and is studying how the noises we humans make affect frog habitats, and even the… Audio
A Stream Runs Through it
The Canterbury Waterway Rehabilitation Experiment or CAREX is co-led by Professors Angus McIntosh and Jon Harding from the University of Canterbury's Freshwater Ecology Research Group. CAREX has… Audio, Gallery
Fieldwork in Tibet
A team of Lincoln University scientists are conducting a sustainable grasslands research programme on the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau. The team is led by soil scientist Dr Jim Moir. Audio
Exotic invaders dominating native species
Dr Kevin Burns from Victoria University's School of Biological Sciences has spent 10 years documenting the ecosystem of an archipelago of small islands off the south coast of Wellington. During this… Audio, Gallery
Space Between
Space Between is a sustainable zero waste fashion design project run through Massey University. Sonia Sly meets the designers and team behind the project to look at why they're reconstructing… Audio
Wainono Wetland
A restoration project is underway at the Wainono lagoon in South Canterbury to provide more and better freshwater to support the lagoon's ecosystems, as well as improve habitat and species numbers… Audio
A Community Cockle Count
The eighth Pauatahanui Cockle Count involved more than a hundred locals digging and sieving for cockles in the intertidal. Audio
Community Cockle Survey
The eight Pauatahanui Cockle Count involved more than a hundred locals digging and sieving for cockles in the intertidal. Audio