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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NASA to announce major Martian mystery solved: liquid water flows on Mars
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For the last two days the scientific world is bubbling at the announcement of NASA that something of a...
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Citizen scientists at work: Live long and prosper
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The scientists, after looking for more than four years with Kepler to a patch in the sky located in...
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Liquid water found on Mars. What does it mean for the search for life efforts?
Kathleen Campbell, Kathleen Campbell, Mars, 0
Where there is water, there is life.
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Comets or aliens may explain odd flicker of starlight
NZAN Media Team, Kathleen Campbell, KIC 8462852, 0
Scientists look for pattern recognition when exploring how the natural world or universe work. Something looks to be astray...
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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...
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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
NZAN Media Team, Kathleen Campbell, 0
Are we entering the Sixth Global Mass Extinction, caused by cumulative human impacts on the planet? New research (Ceballos...
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Rosetta
NZAN Media Team, Haritina Mogosanu, 0
The European Space Agency's (ESA) 12-year mission finally came to an end last week when the probe landed on...