Something pretty exciting’s happening this Thursday, 12th April, in Auckland (New Zealand) :) Yep, Science in the City is taking place, from 9am to 8pm, at The Cloud. But what, I hear you cry, is this ‘Science in the City’? Well, NIWA and a bunch of other sciencey organisations* are going to be taking over […]
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TOSP Episode 15: December 19th 2011
[Original post on the Sciblogs The Official Sciblogs Podcast site] The last TOSP before Christmas! And, because we’re daring, it _isn’t_ Christmas-themed. Just to give y’all a break. Instead, Elf and aimee cover the winners of the Prime Minister’s Science Prize(s), how bees reach consensus (warning: headbutting), a very special new crab, Jupiter’s heart-cannibalisation, the […]
How deep is the snow at your place?
The NIWA peeps are well curious about the nigh-on unprecedented amount of frozen precipitation (read: snow) falling all over NZ. In Wellington, and as we speak: it’s snowing _in_ the CBD and also at sea level (Greta Point, for example). This is pretty darned unusual*. And the scientists are keen to get some data, from […]
Introducing a new blog: Waiology
w00t! we have a new blog :) Welcome, Waiology! You’ll notice my use of the term ‘blog’ as opposed to ‘blogger’ as this is a joint effort by a team of hydrologists (water scientists) at NIWA. We welcome our new watery knowledge overlords, and look forward to getting to know quite a bit more about […]
New things!
I’m back! [UPDATE: Sorry, realised that I may have inadvertently caused confusion over the people responsible for naming the seamounts. Stand by for clarity (and in the meantime, I’ve removed any specific references)] [FURTHER UPDATE: Right, so it appears that the naming of the seamounts was done both by fishers _and_ scientists. More details on […]