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New Zealand’s most pressing marine issues to be debated by 400 scientists next week (1 July 2021)
How seaweed can help our agriculture industry, green shipping and electric ferries, sea level rise, aquaculture and how we protect our marine biodiversity are among the topics for discussion at the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society Conference next week.
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Artificial intelligence used to tackle environmental challenges (30 March 2021)
Scientists and researchers from across New Zealand are being encouraged to use a new software platform that brings together massive amounts of environmental data to solve issues from predator control to identifying communities at risk of flooding.
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New Professorial Appointments for Waikato (5 February 2021)
University of Waikato Vice-Chancellor Professor Neil Quigley has announced academic promotions for one new Professor and 15 Associate Professors.
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Earth to reach temperature tipping point in 20-30 years, new study finds (14 January 2021)
Earth’s ability to absorb carbon emissions through plants could be halved within the next two decades at the current rate of warming, according to a new study from the University of Waikato and Northern Arizona University, USA.
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University of Waikato researchers to uncover secrets of our planet (23 November 2020)
Three University of Waikato-led projects will unearth new knowledge of our natural environment after receiving a total of $1.9 million in Marsden funding.
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Polluted, drained, and drying out: new warnings on New Zealand’s rivers and lakes (17 April 2020)
The latest environmental report on New Zealand’s lakes and rivers reiterates bleak news about the state of freshwater ecosystems, and warns that climate change will exacerbate existing threats.
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Waikato Data Scientists awarded $13 million (23 October 2019)
Data scientists at the University of Waikato have been awarded $13 million from the Government.
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Celebrating Lakes Resilience (6 September 2019)
A four-year MBIE-funded research programme led by the University’s Environmental Research Institute and School of Science comes to an end this year.
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Beware the zombie river (18 July 2019)
New Zealanders are in danger of creating “zombie” rivers, because we’re locking our waterways into position between stopbanks and impounding their headwaters.
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Good science in the Bay (20 March 2019)
University students win scholarships to study green-lipped mussel habitats and nutrient concentrations in Bay of Plenty harbours.