An editorial in this week’s Waikato Times highlights the issue of commercial fisheries in the Antarctic. The topic was also […]
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Ross Sea: Should NZ seek protection for the last ocean?
South African ecologist Professor Steven L Chown wants to see New Zealand seek special marine protection status for the whole […]
Continue readingAntarctica research frozen without icebreaker
New Zealand’s Antarctic research body has put several projects on hold due to budget limitations and logistical problems. Antarctica New […]
Continue readingRadio NZ: Climate research reveals role of ocean warming
Research led by a New Zealand scientist has revealed the major cause behind the significant melting of the West Antarctica […]
Continue readingNZ-led research sheds light on historic ice sheet retreat
Our understanding of how, and why, the earth’s largest ice sheet lost so much of its ice between 7,000 and […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Rob Fenwick – Sea levels set for dramatic rise
Rob Fenwick writes in the New Zealand Herald about sea level rise and the conference he attended which saw 2500 […]
Continue readingDom Post: Antarctic strait named after Hutt researcher
Kiran Chug of the Dominion Post writes about Tim Haskell, the reasons behind the decision to name an Antarctic strait […]
Continue readingDom Post: Ice shelf finding ‘debunks claims of sceptics’
Kiran Chug of The Dominion Post reports on new research by New Zealand scientists which shows that massive ice shelves […]
Continue readingExpert comment on Nature Antarctic warming paper
New research published in the journal Nature suggests that Antarctica is warming despite earlier signs that the icy continent was […]
Continue readingResearch pins polar warming blame on humans
A UK-led group of climate researchers claim their research has demonstrated for the first time that human activity is responsible […]
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