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Posted on 08 March 2018
Tipping Points on Radio NZ
Tune in to tonight’s episode of Our Changing World (after the 9pm news) for an excellent in-depth piece that gets into the detail of what the Tipping Points project is investigating, and…
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Posted on 31 January 2018
Media coverage in January 2018
50 questions about the environment: Our oceansNZ Herald, Jan 2018 Simon Thrush, leader of the Tipping Points project, was interviewed about key issues facing ocean and coastal ecosystems, including threats and pressures…
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Posted on 30 November 2017
Video: Tipping points in NZ coastal ecosystems
Conrad Pilditch gave this presentation at the NZ Coastal Society conference. The research is part of the 'Tipping points in ecosystem structure, function and services' project.
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Posted on 21 November 2017
Tipping Points team receives sustainability award
The NZ Coastal Society Conference’s Sustainability Award promotes sustainable coastal leadership and action in New Zealand, with the greenstone mere representing the winner’s mana and kaitiakitanga.
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Posted on 07 September 2017
Coastal tipping points talk at EDS conference
Prof Simon Thrush gave an invited presentation about our national estuaries experiment, and opportunities for management and governance agencies to address sudden unexpected changes in marine ecosystems.
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Posted on 18 July 2017
Tipping Points hosts interdisciplinary workshop
15 PhD students and postdocs from across New Zealand came together to discuss estuarine science and share ideas, as they developed sampling plans for the national Tipping Points experiment.
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Posted on 29 March 2017
National estuary experiment gets off the (muddy) ground
Field work has begun for a national study assessing the potential risks and consequences of nutrient and sediment runoff on marine ecosystems.
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