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March 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Himadri Saini, Research Associate at Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Deborah Wallace Tasmanian/Shutterstock Europe is warmed by heat from ocean currents, which move water from the warm tropics to the colder North Atlantic. Once the warm, salty water from the tropics reach the polar region, they ... <a title="Weakening currents in the Atlantic may mean a wetter northern Australia and drier New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/06/weakening-currents-in-the-atlantic-may-mean-a-wetter-northern-australia-and-drier-new-zealand-248679/" aria-label="Read more about Weakening currents in the Atlantic may mean a wetter northern Australia and drier New Zealand">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Ogden, Associate Professor in Global Studies, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images When Donald Trump’s benefactor and cost-cutter-in-chief Elon Musk recently supported a call for the United States to quit NATO and the United Nations, it should perhaps have been more surprising. But the ... <a title="Elon Musk thinks the US should leave the UN – what if Trump does it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/06/elon-musk-thinks-the-us-should-leave-the-un-what-if-trump-does-it-251483/" aria-label="Read more about Elon Musk thinks the US should leave the UN – what if Trump does it?">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henry Cutler, Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University Over the weekend the Australian government announced A$644 million to build an extra 50 Medicare urgent care clinics around Australia. This is on top of nearly $600 million previously committed to establish 87 ... <a title="50 new urgent care clinics are on the cards. But are the existing ones working? Here’s what we know so far" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/06/50-new-urgent-care-clinics-are-on-the-cards-but-are-the-existing-ones-working-heres-what-we-know-so-far-251261/" aria-label="Read more about 50 new urgent care clinics are on the cards. But are the existing ones working? Here’s what we know so far">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrice Pottier, Postdoctoral researcher in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UNSW Sydney Wirestock Creators, Shutterstock Frogs and other amphibians rely on the surrounding environment to regulate their body temperature. On hot days they might seek shade, water or cool spaces underground. But what if everywhere is too hot? ... <a title="Hot frogs and sizzling salamanders: climate change is pushing amphibians to their limits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/06/hot-frogs-and-sizzling-salamanders-climate-change-is-pushing-amphibians-to-their-limits-250653/" aria-label="Read more about Hot frogs and sizzling salamanders: climate change is pushing amphibians to their limits">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Garritt C. Van Dyk, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Waikato Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Boycotts are back. With people worried about everything from labour practices and human rights to tariffs and equal opportunity initiatives, collective consumer resistance has been rising globally. Right now, there are several month-long ... <a title="Consumer resistance is rising in the age of Trump. History shows how boycotts can be effective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/06/consumer-resistance-is-rising-in-the-age-of-trump-history-shows-how-boycotts-can-be-effective-251448/" aria-label="Read more about Consumer resistance is rising in the age of Trump. History shows how boycotts can be effective">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate Professor, Philosophy of Science, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock You can doubt just about anything. But there’s one thing you can know for sure: you are having thoughts right now. This idea came to characterise the philosophical thinking of 17th century philosopher René Descartes. ... <a title="Are our thoughts ‘real’? Here’s what philosophy says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/06/are-our-thoughts-real-heres-what-philosophy-says-248003/" aria-label="Read more about Are our thoughts ‘real’? Here’s what philosophy says">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Wood, Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Evolution, University of Adelaide Jamie Wood Studies of ancient DNA have tended to focus on frozen land in the northern hemisphere, where woolly mammoths and bison roamed. Meanwhile, Antarctica has received relatively little attention. We set out to change that. ... <a title="DNA detectives in Antarctica: probing 6,000 years of penguin poo for clues to the past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/06/dna-detectives-in-antarctica-probing-6-000-years-of-penguin-poo-for-clues-to-the-past-249940/" aria-label="Read more about DNA detectives in Antarctica: probing 6,000 years of penguin poo for clues to the past">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Becky Thomas, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Royal Holloway University of London KreateStuff/Shutterstock Cities can be deeply unwelcoming places for wildlife. They are noisy, difficult to get around, full of people and heavily reliant on artificial lighting. Yet some species do better in urban areas than in rural ... <a title="Why some animals defy the odds to thrive in urban areas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/06/why-some-animals-defy-the-odds-to-thrive-in-urban-areas-249915/" aria-label="Read more about Why some animals defy the odds to thrive in urban areas">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melita Jazbec, Research Director at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Boy Anthony/Shutterstock Australians largely support transforming the economy to increase recycling, repurpose products and reduce waste, according to a new report from the Productivity Commission, but they are being impeded by inconsistent regulations. ... <a title="Australians generate mountains of waste, and we need more help to recycle and resuse it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/06/australians-generate-mountains-of-waste-and-we-need-more-help-to-recycle-and-resuse-it-251354/" aria-label="Read more about Australians generate mountains of waste, and we need more help to recycle and resuse it">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Garrow, Editorial Web Developer Tropical Cyclone Alfred is forecast to strike densely populated areas of southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales. Brisbane, home to more than 2.5 million people, is among the places in the storm’s path. Brisbane City Council says almost 20,000 properties in ... <a title="Brisbane on alert: these maps show the suburbs most likely to flood during Cyclone Alfred" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/brisbane-on-alert-these-maps-show-the-suburbs-most-likely-to-flood-during-cyclone-alfred-251478/" aria-label="Read more about Brisbane on alert: these maps show the suburbs most likely to flood during Cyclone Alfred">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra Australia’s economy expanded at the fastest pace in two years in the December quarter, boosted by an improvement in household spending and stronger exports. The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ national accounts report today said the economy grew by 0.6% ... <a title="Australia’s economy has turned the corner, and consumer spending was a big help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/australias-economy-has-turned-the-corner-and-consumer-spending-was-a-big-help-251262/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s economy has turned the corner, and consumer spending was a big help">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University What does an ideal world look like for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump? In a word: ugly. Trump’s embrace of Russia’s dictator, his bullying ... <a title="Safe for autocracy: the world according to Putin and Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/safe-for-autocracy-the-world-according-to-putin-and-trump-251246/" aria-label="Read more about Safe for autocracy: the world according to Putin and Trump">Read more</a>
