16 Sep 2021

How agricultural pesticide use alters our stream ecology

From Afternoons, 1:20 pm on 16 September 2021

A new study has shown how the ecology of our streams are impacted by the world's most commonly used pesticide and climate change - and how those two stressors may combine in future.

University of Otago's Dr Sam Macaulay was the lead researcher for the study, and he explains the findings to Jesse.

The ExStream or Experimental Stream Mesocosm System

The ExStream or Experimental Stream Mesocosm System Photo: supplied

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