Waiology • Dec 05, 2013 •
By Bob Wilcock About 40% of the land area of New Zealand is in some form of agriculture. Sheep and beef farming are the most extensive (33%) followed by dairy farming at 6%, and the remainder being horticulture and cropping. Based on a large number of comparative land use studies we have a good understanding of how agriculture affects … Read More
Waiology • Dec 19, 2012 •
By Cathy Kilroy Ever since the alga Didymosphenia geminata was discovered growing prolifically in a South Island river, scientists have puzzled over how “blooms” (unusually large algal growths) of this alga can form. Rivers below lakes and dams in the South Island have been especially severely affected. Massive, persistent mats of didymo in these rivers have changed their character, reduced … Read More
Aimee Whitcroft • Dec 03, 2010 •
You can thank the rampant speculation caused by NASA’s press release for this blog post’s title1. [UPDATE: There’s now a lot of controversy over the paper, which a number of microbiologists says it’s not, um, terribly good…] Very, very tough little bacteria And the thing is, … Read More
Ken Perrott • Dec 03, 2010 •
I managed to catch the tail end of the NASA press conference this morning. This had created quite a flutter on the internet with some speculating that NASA was going to announce the discovery of evidence for extraterrestrial life. Well, … Continue reading → … Read More