Breadcrumbs List.
Future of the planet
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Can a circular economy approach stem the streams of plastic waste?
12 March 2024
A team of researchers are bringing innovative engineering, business nous and design thinking together to stem the endless streams of plastic waste.
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Full charge for the future
25 February 2024
Researcher Geoffrey Waterhouse is developing the next generation of catalysts for cheaper and better hydrogen fuel cells.
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Our hidden forests: kelp and the carbon problem
23 January 2024
Do answers to the challenge of rising carbon emissions lie beneath the surface of our oceans?
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Sustainable charging for electric vehicles
13 December 2023
Wenwei Wang received an award for best thesis at the Celebrating Research Excellence Awards 2023. His work explores how to enhance sustainability in the charging of electric vehicles.
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The silent invasion of the sleeper weeds
12 December 2023
Aotearoa has a massive weed problem. While we have a little over 2,300 native plant species, we have introduced over 25,000 species from other countries.
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The search for the lost chimpanzees of Tenerife
30 November 2023
Associate Professor Javier Virués-Ortega has turned detective to solve the case of long-forgotten chimpanzees who helped redefine how we view animal and human intelligence.
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Can carbon solve the carbon problem?
12 July 2023
Professor Ajit Sarmah has written the book on biochar, a form of carbon that at scale would have a major impact in reducing carbon emissions.
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The race to develop crops to feed us in a hotter world
8 February 2023
Rather than 'clean and green' is the future for our food crops 'dead and brown'? Researcher Andrew Allan says our time to decide is running out.
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Restoring mussel beds with iwi and communities
15 December 2022
Mussel beds are crucial to the health of coastal waters. Working alongside iwi, researchers are re-seeding the mussel beds of Hauraki Gulf and Pelorus Sound.
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The role of media and the law in a time of crisis
6 December 2022
The media and the law influence how a society responds to crises from climate change to human rights violations. Can societies strengthen the ways they communicate to deliver lasting change?
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Low-carbon concrete an environmental game-changer
18 November 2022
Researcher's plans to make low-carbon concrete could be an emissions game-changer
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Soilsafe Aotearoa helps our gardens grow
16 November 2022
Soilsafe Aotearoa is a community science research programme to let people know their gardens are safe to grow food.