Mutant Silurian plankton indicate oceanic anoxia spread and metals poisoning in the sea … 420 million years ago. Not scifi but real life research pinpointing onset of global extinctions. Listen to radio interview of Professor Kathleen A. Campbell discussing these new research findings on Radio NZ’s Checkpoint programme.
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Comets or aliens may explain odd flicker of starlight
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Scientists look for pattern recognition when exploring how the natural world or universe work. Something looks to be astray...
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Water on Mars: why is important for astrobiology
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Haritina Mogosanu and Jesse Mulligan from Radio New Zealand are discussing the importance of the discovery of liquid water...
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Kathy Campbell: The sixth mass extinction
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Are we entering the Sixth Global Mass Extinction, caused by cumulative human impacts on the planet? New research (Ceballos...
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Breakfast with an astronaut
NZAN Media Team, Anna Fisher, astronaut, Oxford Area School, University of Canterbury, 0
Students from Oxford Area School who participated in Synergies in Space Mission to Mars last year have the opportunity...
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Rosetta
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The European Space Agency's (ESA) 12-year mission finally came to an end last week when the probe landed on...
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Hey Cousin Kepler-452b!
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"Today, Earth is a little less lonely," Kepler researcher Jon Jenkins said. According to NASA, the new planet discovered is...
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Anthropocene. What’s in the future for Earth’s creatures?
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An interview with Professor Kathleen Campbell – University of Auckland, about a recent study undertaken around Chernobyl, which highlighted...
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Rotorua important to astrobiology research – NZAN in New Zealand Herald
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An astrobiology conference has kicked off in Rotorua today giving students the opportunity to learn more about the possibility...