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Early detection key in fight against nassella tussock
41+ min ago (261+ words) Rural communities are being urged by Environment Canterbury to stay vigilant for nassella tussock plants as spring approaches in a bid to halt any new infestations before they become established. While the invasive pest grass remains concentrated in parts of…...
DCC set new emission targets — pushes zero carbon goal to 2040
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Britain swelters in hottest summer on record
23+ hour, 59+ min ago (303+ words) Britain had its hottest summer since records began, provisional Met Office statistics published on Tuesday said, after a season of intense heat and drought that has tested infrastructure, food production and wildfire-fighting capacity. The agency said Britain had experienced record…...
Feeling quite spritely
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (308+ words) As an astronomer, I like to imagine I know what the sky is doing. The sky, however, regularly produces evidence to the contrary. A little after midnight last Sunday, Middlemarch lay under a bright nearly full moon, some untidy cloud…...
Wins for nature worth singing about
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (537+ words) Restoring ecosystems is the work of decades but there are opportunities to identify the wins along the way, Manaia Pearmain-Fenton writes. In an 1894 edition of the Otago Daily Times, Aparata Renata observed of the kakaruai, or native South Island robin:…...
‘Bubble’ over Dunedin keeps the snow away
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (392+ words) Dunedin dodged a bullet this morning, when forecasted heavy snow failed to show. MetService meteorologist Alwyn Bakker said snow warnings were in place on Monday night and into Tuesday morning, which were expected to bring up to 5cm of snow down…...
Delight as kākāpō population soars to 325
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (745+ words) The 2026 kākāpō breeding season, the biggest on record, has come to an end with a bumper number of kākāpō chicks produced. The youngest chick has just passed 150 days old, a milestone that marks its independence. "We had 90 chicks reach that…...
Wild weather hits Southland
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (248+ words) Power outages, flooded roads and gale-force winds were among the impacts of a storm sweeping across Southland. Emergency services, councils and power crews were urging residents to take care as the wild weather continued on Monday. A PowerNet spokesperson said…...
Nepal’s flash floods show the devastating power of cascading hazards
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