Governments from all over the world have struck a deal at COP16, the sixteenth UN conference on climate change, held […]
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Newsletter Digest: Seismic hazards, lignite and hydrogen, and SCANZ 2011
“Plenty more earthquakes” to come Canterbury University engineering expert Professor Andy Buchanan wasn’t mincing his words in this week’s Science […]
Continue readingThe Press: The climate stampede has started
Barry Coates, of Oxfam NZ, writes in the press about the latest climate talks taking place in COP16, and the […]
Continue reading3 News: Scientists warn of future shock
Dan Satherly writes for 3 News about the recent Transitions to Sustainability conference, and some of the major themes at […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: COP16, the Year of Biodiversity and Engineering for Seismic Hazards
Kyoto focus in Cancun climate talks Predictably fraught negotiations appear to have dominated the COP16 climate summit in Cancun, Mexico, […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Power plays threaten climate summit
In an opinion piece in the New Zealand Herald, Brian Fallow writes about COP16, the latest international climate change talks, […]
Continue readingExpert reaction to Nature paper on sea surface temperature
SMC UK: New research on the cooling of the Earth’s surface that occurred in the 1970s suggests that the culprit […]
Continue readingPODCAST: Sea level rise in the Pacific
Podcast of a presentation by Dr Arthur Webb, Manager – Ocean & Islands Programme, (Coastal Processes Adviser), SOPAC Pacific Islands […]
Continue readingScientists on implications of sea level rise
The potential impacts of an increase in sea level over the course of the next century were the subject of […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Marsen Fund winners, sea level rise, and flu co-infection
Marsden grant winners revealed next week Next Friday will see the public release of details about the winners of the […]
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