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Alpine Fault quake is coming, ready or not

Inhabitants of the shakiest part of Aotearoa’s shaky isles are readier than ever for the overdue big one.

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Social media snaps map the sweep of Japan’s cherry blossom season in unprecedented detail

Social media contains enormous amounts of data about people, our everyday lives, and our interactions with our surroundings. As a byproduct, it also contains a vast trove of information about the natural world.

The Conversation

Vagrant, machine or pioneer? How we think about a roving eagle offers insights into human attitudes toward nature

The Steller’s sea eagle is one of the largest and most aggressive raptors in the world. With an 8-foot wingspan and striking white markings, these birds tower over their bald eagle cousins.

The Conversation

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How to spend a day in the Baltic Triangle, Liverpool’s ultra-cool creative district

A huge regeneration has breathed new life into this once industrial strip of the city, says Alice Porter, creating a hub of street art, indie hangouts and trendy restaurants that’s well worth a visit

The Independent UK

Everything Is Political: Board Games

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Victoria’s plans for engineered wetlands on the Murray are environmentally dubious. Here’s a better option

Governments love the idea of a win-win – even when it doesn’t exist. That’s why Victoria has been spending millions on planning “red gum irrigation ponds” – essentially, engineered wetlands along the River Murray. These wetlands are designed to save some red gum ecosystems, leave many others to decline, and…

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We rely on expert predictions to guide conservation. But even experts have biases and blind spots

When faced with uncertainty, we often look for predictions by experts: from election result forecasts, to the likely outcomes of medical treatment. In nature conservation, we turn to expert opinion to assess extinction risk, or predict the long-term responses of plant species to fire management.

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Trees can be weeds too – here's why that's a problem

When we think of weeds, often what comes to mind are small, quick-growing plants such as the dandelions or couch grass we might find in our gardens. You may not think of trees as being weedy.

The Conversation

We found the WA radioactive capsule. But in 1980, Australia lost 2,200 kilograms of uranium oxide – stolen by a mine worker

The loss of a capsule of caesium-137, measuring 6mm by 8mm, dominated the news late last month. The capsule was found in the Western Australian outback on February 1, but in terms of losing radioactive material, we have been here before.

The Conversation

Earthquake in Turkey and Syria: how satellites can help rescue efforts

In disasters like the 7.8 magnitude earthquake and 7.5-magnitude aftershock that struck Syria and Turkey on February 6, 2023, international cooperation on satellite imaging plays a crucial role in the rescue and recovery efforts.

The Conversation

A rapidly growing rocket industry could undo decades of work to save the ozone layer -- unless we act now

The ozone layer is on track to heal within four decades, according to a recent UN report, but this progress could be undone by an upsurge in rocket launches expected during the same period.

The Conversation

Australia is finally getting a last-chance view of a green comet not seen for 50,000 years

Over the past few weeks, social media has been abuzz with excited posts about the green comet that is currently “whizzing” or “flying through the sky”.

The Conversation

As heatwaves and floods hit cities worldwide, these places are pioneering solutions

Climate change is going just as badly for cities as we have been warned it would. Extreme weather is increasingly common and severe globally. Australian cities have endured a number of recent disastrous events.

The Conversation

Stopping the cancer cells that thrive on chemotherapy – research into how pancreatic tumors adapt to stress could lead to a new treatment approach

As with weeds in a garden, it is a challenge to fully get rid of cancer cells in the body once they arise. They have a relentless need to continuously expand, even when they are significantly cut back by therapy or surgery. Even a few cancer cells can give rise…

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NASA's busiest year in decades – an astronomer sums up the dizzying array of missions in 2022

NASA had a banner year in 2022, with many successful missions in what was one of the organization’s most active years in decades.

The Conversation

How 1950s bombsites in the UK were turned into adventure playgrounds

In 1944, Marie Paneth, an Austrian-born art therapist, imagined a scheme whereby London’s bombsites would be used by local children for building huts and caves and for growing vegetables which they could then sell. Paneth saw the children as the future landlords of these damaged grounds, with minimal adult intervention.

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'Vaccinating' frogs may or may not protect them against a pandemic – but it does provide another option for conservation

When the COVID-19 pandemic first emerged, many wildlife disease researchers like me were not too surprised. Some were intrigued it hadn’t happened sooner; after all, it is our job to observe, describe and study pandemic dynamics in animals.

Newsroom.co.nz

Cruising for a bruising: $$$s v nature in Milford Sound

As international cruise ships once again ply our waters, there’s renewed debate about whether they belong in one of New Zealand’s - and the world’s - most precious places.

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5 senses? In fact, architects say there are 7 ways we perceive our environments

Have you ever wondered why you feel cozy in some places while you feel stunned in others? Think about the last international airport you landed in, or a local coffee shop in your neighbourhood.

Liverpool Echo

Lost Frontierland theme park was short train ride from Liverpool

The wild west theme park's most memorable rides and what happened to them when it closed

Manchester Evening News

Frontierland: Lost rides of now abandoned theme park loved by Manchester kids in its heyday

Frontierland was a Wild West theme park that has been derelict for over 20 years

The Conversation

Extremists use video games to recruit vulnerable youth. Here's what parents and gamers need to know

Reports of far-right extremists trying to recruit young people through video games have raised concerns for parents, guardians and youth alike.

The Conversation

Hidden women of history: Kate Cocks, the pioneering policewoman who fought crime and ran a home for babies – but was no saint

In 1915, an unmarried, 40-year-old woman by the name of Fanny Kate Boadicea Cocks was hand-picked for the role of South Australia’s first policewoman. A small number of others had taken up similar roles globally, amid growing fears for the morality of young women enjoying ever more independence in a…

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Playing sea soundscapes can summon thousands of baby oysters – and help regrow oyster reefs

Imagine you’re in a food court and spoilt for choice. How will you choose where to eat? It might be the look of the food, the smell, or even the chatter of satisfied customers.

The Conversation

By fact-checking Thoreau's observations at Walden Pond, we showed how old diaries and specimens can inform modern research

Henry David Thoreau, the environmental philosopher and author of “Walden”, was a keen observer of seasonal change. In 1862, for example, he wrote in the Atlantic Monthly:

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