The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright, today released her report on hydraulic fracturing (fracking). The PCE’s report […]
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NZ forgoes Kyoto for new climate plan – experts respond
New Zealand will not commit to a second round of Kyoto Protocol emissions reductions but will instead make pledges under […]
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New Zealand will not commit to a second round of Kyoto Protocol emissions reductions but will instead make pledges under […]
Continue readingHurricane Sandy – Experts Respond
Hurricane Sandy, currently hitting the East Coast of the United States, shares several similarities with Cyclone Giselle – which sunk […]
Continue readingClimate change & the media – Prof Raffaella Ocone
Climate change is simultaneously happening, not happening, man-made, natural, a hoax and the end of the world as we know […]
Continue readingClimate change in the courtroom – NZ Herald editorial
Today‘s New Zealand Herald editorial examines the issue of science and scepticism in the wake of the recent NIWA climate […]
Continue readingNIWA climate record court decision – experts respond
The High court has has ruled in favour of NIWA, rejecting a legal challenge of the Crown Research Institute’s national […]
Continue readingAntarctica under threat
Antarctic researchers are calling on policy makers to look ahead to future challenges and protect the polar continent from growing […]
Continue readingThe Psychology of climate change
In the latest issue of Element magazine (distributed with the New Zealand Herald) Andy Kenworthy explores new research into the […]
Continue readingWest Antarctic Ice Sheet may be on “the brink of change”
A project to map the Weddell Sea area of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet from the air has revealed that […]
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