Logos for organisations involved in Lakes380 project
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Lakes380 is a national project to gain in-depth understanding of the current and historical health of lakes in Aotearoa New Zealand. The project was co-led by GNS Science and Cawthron Institute and funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (C05X1707; Lakes380.com).

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    Lake sediment cores – exploring the past

    Have you ever stood in a lake, wetland or estuary and wiggled your toes into the soft mud? No doubt you were thinking about the texture of the mud or maybe even the smell, but did you know that ...

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    Interpreting lake sediment data

    Scientists from Lakes380 – Our lakes’ health: past, present, future sampled around 10% of lakes in Aotearoa New Zealand larger than 1 hectare (about the size of a rugby field). They collected ...

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    Exploring my local lake

    Aotearoa New Zealand has more than 3,800 lakes larger than 1 hectare (about the size of a rugby field). Even though there is an abundance of lakes in Aotearoa, many are tucked away. I think that ...

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    Using He reo nō te puehu

    He reo nō te puehu – A voice from the dust is a 360-degree browser-based virtual reality experience in which users can visit Lake Moawhitu at different points in time: Pre Human, Māori ...

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    The lakes of Aotearoa New Zealand

    Aotearoa has world-famous lakes – for example, Lakes Taupō, Rotorua and Wakatipu – but there are a huge number tucked away that most of us probably don’t know about. Believe it or not, New ...

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    Lakes380 – Our lakes’ health: past, present, future

    Aotearoa is fortunate to have abundant freshwater systems. The New Zealand Ministry for the Environment reports the country has: 70 major awa (river) systems that run for more than 425,000 ...

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    Lakes380 – writers’ insight

    As content developers for a science education website, we always operate with the nature of science hovering in the background. The Science Learning Hub was a pioneer in making the nature of ...

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    Lakes380 – a context for learning

    Lakes380 – Our lakes’ health: past, present, future is the largest scientific study ever undertaken on lakes in Aotearoa New Zealand. The programme, jointly led by GNS Science and Cawthron ...

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    Lakes380 – what does the data tell us?

    Lakes380 – Our lakes’ health: past, present, future is the largest scientific study ever undertaken on lakes in Aotearoa New Zealand. The programme, jointly led by GNS Science and Cawthron ...

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    He reo nō te puehu – A voice from the dust

    How do you know what a roto (lake) looked like 1,200 years ago? The answer is in the puehu – the dust, silt and pollen that entered the lake and very slowly built up over time. Rights: Lakes380 ...

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    Environmental DNA

    All living things shed genetic material like hair, scales, skin and faeces into their local environment. This is known as environmental DNA (eDNA). For example, an earthworm wiggling through the ...

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    Finding out what’s in our lake using eDNA

    Environmental DNA (eDNA) has revolutionised how scientists monitor ecosystems and identify the species that live in them. eDNA is genetic material found in hair, scales, skin and even faeces ...

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    Lakes380 – science communication and outreach

    Through the years, there’s been a shift in how science is communicated. We’ve always appreciated the generosity of the scientists we’ve approached to use their research as a context to embed and ...

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