Archive

Features

CoveragePost

Why using more fertiliser and feed does not necessarily raise dairy farm profits but increases climate harm

April 13, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wanglin Ma, Associate Professor of Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand Sandra Mu/Getty Images New Zealand is in an unusual position in the developed world when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions. About half of all emissions come from agriculture, and almost a quarter can be attributed to ... <a title="Why using more fertiliser and feed does not necessarily raise dairy farm profits but increases climate harm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/13/why-using-more-fertiliser-and-feed-does-not-necessarily-raise-dairy-farm-profits-but-increases-climate-harm-202333/" aria-label="Read more about Why using more fertiliser and feed does not necessarily raise dairy farm profits but increases climate harm">Read more</a>

CoveragePost

Fear and Wonder podcast: how scientists attribute extreme weather events to climate change

April 13, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joelle Gergis, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, Australian National University Last month the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Synthesis Report of the Sixth Assessment Report. It showed global temperatures are now 1.1℃ above pre-industrial levels. This warming has driven widespread and rapid ... <a title="Fear and Wonder podcast: how scientists attribute extreme weather events to climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/13/fear-and-wonder-podcast-how-scientists-attribute-extreme-weather-events-to-climate-change-203559/" aria-label="Read more about Fear and Wonder podcast: how scientists attribute extreme weather events to climate change">Read more</a>

CoveragePost

Farewell Liddell: what to expect when Australia’s oldest coal plant closes

April 13, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joel Gilmore, Associate Professor, Griffith University After more than five decades, the last operating units of the Liddell coal-fired power station will close this month. The station’s owner, AGL, is Australia’s largest carbon polluter. Liddell’s closure will reduce the company’s emissions by 17%. Liddell, in the New ... <a title="Farewell Liddell: what to expect when Australia’s oldest coal plant closes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/13/farewell-liddell-what-to-expect-when-australias-oldest-coal-plant-closes-203548/" aria-label="Read more about Farewell Liddell: what to expect when Australia’s oldest coal plant closes">Read more</a>

CoveragePost

Can death on the screen feel the same as a ‘real’ one?

April 13, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Wayland, Associate Professor, University of New England HBO Death is a part of life, an adage usually reserved for those who physically exist in our lives – family, friends, colleagues, acquaintances. So what happens when a profound death experience happens on the screen? Is that still ... <a title="Can death on the screen feel the same as a ‘real’ one?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/13/can-death-on-the-screen-feel-the-same-as-a-real-one-203549/" aria-label="Read more about Can death on the screen feel the same as a ‘real’ one?">Read more</a>

CoveragePost

Anthony Albanese should attend the NATO summit if he can. Here’s why

April 12, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne Over the past two days there’s been controversy over whether Prime Minister Anthony Albanese should accept an invitation to attend the NATO summit in Lithuania in July, with reports suggesting he will not. Albanese’s office is ... <a title="Anthony Albanese should attend the NATO summit if he can. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/12/anthony-albanese-should-attend-the-nato-summit-if-he-can-heres-why-203675/" aria-label="Read more about Anthony Albanese should attend the NATO summit if he can. Here’s why">Read more</a>

CoveragePost

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Professor Marcia Langton on the Voice’s powers and potential

April 12, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Professor Marcia Langton holds the Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne, and was co-author (with Professor Tom Calma) of the Indigenous Voice Co-design Process report to the Morrison government. She has been a fighter for ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Professor Marcia Langton on the Voice’s powers and potential" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/12/politics-with-michelle-grattan-professor-marcia-langton-on-the-voices-powers-and-potential-203672/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Professor Marcia Langton on the Voice’s powers and potential">Read more</a>

CoveragePost

New asthma medicine restrictions will hurt the poorest children the most

April 12, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Montgomery, Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Last week, without warning, the federal government significantly restricted the subsidy for an important and safe asthma medicine for children. A short document explained to prescribers what had changed, but gave no reasons. The ... <a title="New asthma medicine restrictions will hurt the poorest children the most" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/12/new-asthma-medicine-restrictions-will-hurt-the-poorest-children-the-most-203424/" aria-label="Read more about New asthma medicine restrictions will hurt the poorest children the most">Read more</a>

CoveragePost

Why reading books is good for society, wellbeing and your career

April 12, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meg Elkins, Senior Lecturer with School of Economics, Finance and Marketing and Behavioural Business Lab Member, RMIT University Shutterstock TikTok allows video up to 10 minutes, but says surveys show almost half its users are stressed by anything longer than a minute. An Instagram video can be ... <a title="Why reading books is good for society, wellbeing and your career" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/12/why-reading-books-is-good-for-society-wellbeing-and-your-career-200447/" aria-label="Read more about Why reading books is good for society, wellbeing and your career">Read more</a>

CoveragePost

First near-complete sauropod dinosaur skull found in Australia hints at ancient links between continents

April 12, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Poropat, Research associate, Curtin University In May and June of 2018, Australia’s first near-complete skull of a sauropod – a group of long-tailed, long-necked, small-headed dinosaurs – was found on a sheep station northwest of Winton in Queensland. I was part of the dig team from ... <a title="First near-complete sauropod dinosaur skull found in Australia hints at ancient links between continents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/12/first-near-complete-sauropod-dinosaur-skull-found-in-australia-hints-at-ancient-links-between-continents-203405/" aria-label="Read more about First near-complete sauropod dinosaur skull found in Australia hints at ancient links between continents">Read more</a>

CoveragePost

How the world’s oldest known meteorite impact structure changed the chemistry of Earth’s crust

April 12, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreas Zametzer, PhD Candidate at Timescales of Mineral Systems Group, Curtin University Shutterstock Meteorite impacts can be cataclysmic events in the history of a planet, melting rock, changing atmospheric chemistry, and wreaking general havoc. However, impacts may also have created Earth’s continents, supported ecological niches that kick-started ... <a title="How the world’s oldest known meteorite impact structure changed the chemistry of Earth’s crust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/12/how-the-worlds-oldest-known-meteorite-impact-structure-changed-the-chemistry-of-earths-crust-201228/" aria-label="Read more about How the world’s oldest known meteorite impact structure changed the chemistry of Earth’s crust">Read more</a>

CoveragePost

With Iran purportedly capable of making a nuclear bomb in a matter of months, what will its leaders do next?

April 12, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Naeni, PhD candidate at Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Atomic Energy Organization of Iran/AP The on-again, off-again talks between Iran and western powers over Tehran’s nuclear program have stalled yet again due to disagreements between the two sides. US Secretary of State ... <a title="With Iran purportedly capable of making a nuclear bomb in a matter of months, what will its leaders do next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/12/with-iran-purportedly-capable-of-making-a-nuclear-bomb-in-a-matter-of-months-what-will-its-leaders-do-next-202234/" aria-label="Read more about With Iran purportedly capable of making a nuclear bomb in a matter of months, what will its leaders do next?">Read more</a>

CoveragePost

Another COVID winter is coming. Is this the calm before another peak?

April 12, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University Australia is currently experiencing the longest break between infection peaks since Omicron arrived in late 2021 and community-wide transmission took off. With winter looming, it’s worth taking stock of where we are with COVID and what we might expect over ... <a title="Another COVID winter is coming. Is this the calm before another peak?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/12/another-covid-winter-is-coming-is-this-the-calm-before-another-peak-203149/" aria-label="Read more about Another COVID winter is coming. Is this the calm before another peak?">Read more</a>