be making the point about the peace process in everything he knows that joe biden is receptive to that message and he has made that very clear. but again, think the american side is made their point i do not think they re going to labour it and i think there is another a lot of other issues that could have more unity. a lot of other issues that could have more unity. a lot of other issues that could have more uni . ~ ., have more unity. think you. you will watch more have more unity. think you. you will watch more very have more unity. think you. you will watch more very shortly. i m joined now from new york by professor thomas philippon, an economist who was appointed to the g7 s advisory economic resilience panel by the french president emmanuel macron. very good to have you with us on the programme and the french leader must be very happy to seejoe biden, wasn t t? be very happy to see joe biden, wasn t t? , ~ be very happy to see joe biden, wasn t t? be very happy to see jo
NZ s potentially catastrophic near-miss from outer space: We re not learning
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Experts including a former chief science advisor say New Zealand s risk-management systems are flawed and we can no longer rely on our she ll be right mantra. By Donna Chisholm. The email giving New Zealand 24 hours warning of a potentially catastrophic solar flare landed in chief science advisor Sir Peter Gluckman s inbox in late July 2012. It was an alert from his UK counterpart, Sir John Beddington, advising of a severe space weather event known as a mass coronal ejection. A huge amount of matter had been released from the sun that, if directed at the Earth, would cause a geomagnetic storm with the potential to destroy critical infrastructure including satellites, GPS systems and electricity grids.