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January 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Allen, Senior Lecturer and DECRA Fellow, University of Newcastle Countries around the world are taking steps to tackle climate change and become net-zero emitters of carbon dioxide (CO₂) by 2050. Most recently, Joe Biden’s presidential election win means the US is the latest nation to adopt ... <a title="Net-zero, carbon-neutral, carbon-negative .. confused by all the carbon jargon? Then read this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/13/net-zero-carbon-neutral-carbon-negative-confused-by-all-the-carbon-jargon-then-read-this-151382/" aria-label="Read more about Net-zero, carbon-neutral, carbon-negative .. confused by all the carbon jargon? Then read this">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Gelber, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, The University of Queensland The recent storming of the US Capitol has led a number of social media platforms to remove President Donald Trump’s account. In the case of Twitter, the ban is permanent. Others, like Facebook, have taken ... <a title="No, Twitter is not censoring Donald Trump. Free speech is not guaranteed if it harms others" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/12/no-twitter-is-not-censoring-donald-trump-free-speech-is-not-guaranteed-if-it-harms-others-153092/" aria-label="Read more about No, Twitter is not censoring Donald Trump. Free speech is not guaranteed if it harms others">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania Once again, Australia is on fire. This year it’s the turn of Western Australia and South Australia, where bushfires are threatening homes and lives. In the south of Tasmania, conditions are dry and the region is ... <a title="Asking people to prepare for fire is pointless if they can’t afford to do it. It’s time we subsidised fire prevention" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/12/asking-people-to-prepare-for-fire-is-pointless-if-they-cant-afford-to-do-it-its-time-we-subsidised-fire-prevention-151913/" aria-label="Read more about Asking people to prepare for fire is pointless if they can’t afford to do it. It’s time we subsidised fire prevention">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University It hasn’t been the start to 2021 many of us wanted. In the past three weeks Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales have dealt with fresh COVID outbreaks, but it’s worth remembering each have faced unique challenges, and tackled them ... <a title="Vic, QLD and NSW are managing COVID outbreaks in their own ways. But all are world-standard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/12/vic-qld-and-nsw-are-managing-covid-outbreaks-in-their-own-ways-but-all-are-world-standard-152974/" aria-label="Read more about Vic, QLD and NSW are managing COVID outbreaks in their own ways. But all are world-standard">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Wilson, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago The global COVID-19 pandemic is intensifying, with more infectious variants of the virus, and more rapid spread, especially in countries such as the US and UK. This deterioration has meant a higher number of infected returnees arriving at ... <a title="With COVID-19 mutating and surging, NZ urgently needs to tighten border controls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/12/with-covid-19-mutating-and-surging-nz-urgently-needs-to-tighten-border-controls-153078/" aria-label="Read more about With COVID-19 mutating and surging, NZ urgently needs to tighten border controls">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Thomas, Lecturer in Environmental and Humanitarian Engineering, University of Sydney To limit the spread of disease and reduce environmental pollution, human waste (excreta) needs to be safely contained and effectively treated. Yet 4.2 billion people, more than half of the world’s population, lack access to safe ... <a title="14 billion litres of untreated wastewater is created each day in developing countries, but we don’t know where it all goes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/12/14-billion-litres-of-untreated-wastewater-is-created-each-day-in-developing-countries-but-we-dont-know-where-it-all-goes-151217/" aria-label="Read more about 14 billion litres of untreated wastewater is created each day in developing countries, but we don’t know where it all goes">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Thomas, Lecturer in Environmental and Humanitarian Engineering, University of Sydney To limit the spread of disease and reduce environmental pollution, human waste (excreta) needs to be safely contained and effectively treated. Yet 4.2 billion people, more than half of the world’s population, lack access to safe ... <a title="14 billion litres of untreated wastewater is created each day in developing countries, but we don’t know where all of it goes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/12/14-billion-litres-of-untreated-wastewater-is-created-each-day-in-developing-countries-but-we-dont-know-where-all-of-it-goes-151217/" aria-label="Read more about 14 billion litres of untreated wastewater is created each day in developing countries, but we don’t know where all of it goes">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Markus Wagner, University of Wollongong President Donald Trump is extremely unlikely to capitulate to pressure to resign in the final days of his presidency. And his Cabinet is equally unlikely to force him out by invoking the 25th amendment of the Constitution, despite calls from the Democrats to do so. So, in the ... <a title="Impeaching Trump a second time is a complex and politically risky act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/12/impeaching-trump-a-second-time-is-a-complex-and-politically-risky-act/" aria-label="Read more about Impeaching Trump a second time is a complex and politically risky act">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2021
By RNZ Pacific French Polynesia has recorded another covid-19 death, raising the pandemic’s tally to 122. There are 46 people with covid-19 in hospital, 21 of them in intensive care. The first death occurred four months ago at the start of the second wave, which is now reportedly weakening. So far, more than 17,000 have ... <a title="Tahiti’s covid-19 death tally rises to 122 – 17,000 plus cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/12/tahitis-covid-19-death-tally-rises-to-122-17000-plus-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s covid-19 death tally rises to 122 – 17,000 plus cases">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lindy Orthia, Senior Lecturer in Science Communication, Australian National University Ask a science communicator how old their field is. They might say a few decades, or even centuries, because they’re thinking about the Western science communication tradition associated with a scientist-public gap. These days, we almost exclusively ... <a title="3 reasons to study science communication beyond the West" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/12/3-reasons-to-study-science-communication-beyond-the-west-152237/" aria-label="Read more about 3 reasons to study science communication beyond the West">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fernando Gordillo-Altamirano, Medical Doctor, PhD Student, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University Researchers have not discovered any new antibiotics in decades. But our new research, published today in Nature Microbiology, has found a way to give a second wind to the antibiotics we do have. It involves ... <a title="Superbugs have an arsenal of defences — but we’ve found a new way around them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/12/superbugs-have-an-arsenal-of-defences-but-weve-found-a-new-way-around-them-150536/" aria-label="Read more about Superbugs have an arsenal of defences — but we’ve found a new way around them">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eliza Middleton, Invertebrate and behavioural ecology laboratory manager, University of Sydney Around Australia, the buzz-saw siren of cicadas heralds the beginning of summer. With 237 recorded species of cicada in Australia, almost no area of the country is untouched by their song. Up to 800 species in ... <a title="The cicada’s deafening shriek is the sound of summer, and humans have been drawn to it for thousands of years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/12/the-cicadas-deafening-shriek-is-the-sound-of-summer-and-humans-have-been-drawn-to-it-for-thousands-of-years-152225/" aria-label="Read more about The cicada’s deafening shriek is the sound of summer, and humans have been drawn to it for thousands of years">Read more</a>
