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July 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milton Speer, Visiting Fellow, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney When Australia’s east coast is caught in the grip of a heatwave, relief can come in the form of abrupt, often gale-force wind changes known as “southerly busters”. For Sydneysiders, the arrival of ... <a title="‘Southerly busters’ are becoming more frequent but less severe as the climate changes, stirring up east coast weather watchers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/09/southerly-busters-are-becoming-more-frequent-but-less-severe-as-the-climate-changes-stirring-up-east-coast-weather-watchers-233818/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Southerly busters’ are becoming more frequent but less severe as the climate changes, stirring up east coast weather watchers">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark John Costello, Professor in Marine Biology, Nord University Getty Images In the deepest parts of the ocean, below 4,000 metres, the combination of high pressure and low temperature creates conditions that dissolve calcium carbonate, the material marine animals use to make their shells. This zone is ... <a title="As ocean surfaces acidify, a deep-sea acidic zone is expanding: marine habitats are being squeezed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/09/as-ocean-surfaces-acidify-a-deep-sea-acidic-zone-is-expanding-marine-habitats-are-being-squeezed-215672/" aria-label="Read more about As ocean surfaces acidify, a deep-sea acidic zone is expanding: marine habitats are being squeezed">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ryan North, PhD Researcher in Antarctic Geomorphology, University of Wollongong Looking up Crane Glacier, December 21 1968. PGC, UMN, CC BY In March 2002, the Larsen B Ice Shelf collapsed catastrophically, breaking up an area about one-sixth the size of Tasmania. In a paper published today in ... <a title="We used 1,000 historical photos to reconstruct Antarctic glaciers before a dramatic collapse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/08/we-used-1-000-historical-photos-to-reconstruct-antarctic-glaciers-before-a-dramatic-collapse-233972/" aria-label="Read more about We used 1,000 historical photos to reconstruct Antarctic glaciers before a dramatic collapse">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gordon Noble, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney A Google data centre in the Netherlands. Intreegue Photography / Shutterstock Since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, the world has seen an incredible surge in investment, development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) ... <a title="Power-hungry AI is driving a surge in tech giant carbon emissions. Nobody knows what to do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/08/power-hungry-ai-is-driving-a-surge-in-tech-giant-carbon-emissions-nobody-knows-what-to-do-about-it-233452/" aria-label="Read more about Power-hungry AI is driving a surge in tech giant carbon emissions. Nobody knows what to do about it">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Senator Fatima Payman’s defection over Labor Party policy on statehood for the Palestinians has generated wider discussion about the written and unwritten rules of Australian politics. One of those involves the vexed ... <a title="Faith-based politics is nothing new in Australia – so what’s Albanese really worried about?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/08/faith-based-politics-is-nothing-new-in-australia-so-whats-albanese-really-worried-about-234070/" aria-label="Read more about Faith-based politics is nothing new in Australia – so what’s Albanese really worried about?">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brandon Michael Sideleau, PhD student studying human-saltwater crocodile conflict, Charles Darwin University Late last week, the remains of a missing 12-year-old girl were found after she was taken by a saltwater crocodile in the Northern Territory. The incident occurred in a waterway known as Mango Creek near ... <a title="The latest crocodile attack is tragic – but the Northern Territory doesn’t have a croc problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/08/the-latest-crocodile-attack-is-tragic-but-the-northern-territory-doesnt-have-a-croc-problem-234072/" aria-label="Read more about The latest crocodile attack is tragic – but the Northern Territory doesn’t have a croc problem">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Moira Dunsmore, Senior Lecturer, Sydney Nursing School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, University of Sydney bricolage/Shutterstock Our ageing population brings a growing crisis: people over 65 are at greater risk of dual sensory impairment (also known as “deafblindness” or combined vision and hearing loss). ... <a title="‘I keep away from people’ – combined vision and hearing loss is isolating more and more older Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/08/i-keep-away-from-people-combined-vision-and-hearing-loss-is-isolating-more-and-more-older-australians-232142/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I keep away from people’ – combined vision and hearing loss is isolating more and more older Australians">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Merja Myllylahti, Senior Lecturer, Co-Director Research Centre for Journalism, Media & Democracy, Auckland University of Technology GettyImages Getty Images Evidence is mounting that the new generative AI internet search tools provided by OpenAI, Google and Microsoft can increase the risk of returning false, misleading or partially correct ... <a title="AI search tools and chatbots may make NZ news less visible and reliable – new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/08/ai-search-tools-and-chatbots-may-make-nz-news-less-visible-and-reliable-new-study-233980/" aria-label="Read more about AI search tools and chatbots may make NZ news less visible and reliable – new study">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Huw Griffiths, Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Sydney Daniel Boud/Sydney Theatre Compnay The figure of Dracula has always lived somewhere between the written word, screen projections and our fantasy lives. His story is tailor-made for one of Kip Williams’ hybrid adaptations. Williams’ technique is, by ... <a title="Sydney Theatre Company’s Dracula: a virtuosic performance, sexy staging, and a queer rewriting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/08/sydney-theatre-companys-dracula-a-virtuosic-performance-sexy-staging-and-a-queer-rewriting-231806/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney Theatre Company’s Dracula: a virtuosic performance, sexy staging, and a queer rewriting">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vaughan Cruickshank, Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania Olympic Games are big affairs that require massive infrastructure projects to build the various stadiums and venues. Many of the sports have specific requirements – fake whitewater and rocks for kayaking, huge slopes for ski ... <a title="Looking back at the Olympic venues since 1896 – are they still in use?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/08/looking-back-at-the-olympic-venues-since-1896-are-they-still-in-use-229606/" aria-label="Read more about Looking back at the Olympic venues since 1896 – are they still in use?">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karin Hammarberg, Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women’s Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University Jonathan Borba/Pexels Mitochondria are tiny structures in cells that convert the food we eat into the energy our cells need to function. Mitochondrial disease (or mito for short) is ... <a title="What is mitochondrial donation? And how might it help people have a healthy baby one day?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/08/what-is-mitochondrial-donation-and-how-might-it-help-people-have-a-healthy-baby-one-day-223345/" aria-label="Read more about What is mitochondrial donation? And how might it help people have a healthy baby one day?">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Romain Fathi, Senior Lecturer, School of History, ANU / Chercheur Associé at the Centre d’Histoire de Sciences Po, Australian National University Today’s French elections’ results are everything except what predictions had forecast. Only days ago, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party was tipped to win. But this ... <a title="French say ‘non’ to Le Pen’s National Rally – but a messy coalition government looks likely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/08/french-say-non-to-le-pens-national-rally-but-a-messy-coalition-government-looks-likely-234094/" aria-label="Read more about French say ‘non’ to Le Pen’s National Rally – but a messy coalition government looks likely">Read more</a>
