Antarctic sea ice levels have been at record lows for the last three years, a global report shows. The World Meteorological […]
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Climate Commission draft advice on emissions budgets and targets – Expert Reaction
The Climate Commission is now welcoming public feedback on its draft advice around New Zealand’s emissions budgets and targets. The […]
Continue readingLeaf fossils hold clues for melting Antarctic ice – In the News
Buried in sediment under an ancient crater lake in Central Otago, fossilised leaves have helped Kiwi researchers find the long-term […]
Continue readingPlants capture more CO2 than expected – experts respond
A study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has suggested that current climate models have underestimated […]
Continue readingGlobal carbon budget – experts respond
Carbon dioxide emissions, the main contributor to global warming, are set to rise again in 2014 – reaching a record […]
Continue readingIPCC global climate report – experts respond
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released the first segment of the long awaited Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) summing […]
Continue readingCoverage of the Pike River mine explosion
On Friday evening, the Pike River mine outside the South Island town of Greymouth experienced an explosion which trapped 29 […]
Continue readingSunday News: NZ view on global warming
An international team of researchers, including scientists from the University of Auckland, has found that there was a sudden release […]
Continue readingDom Post: NZ can’t stick to Copenhagen deal, say scientists
Kiran Chug writes in the Dominion Post about a new report in Nature which says that loopholes in the Copenhagen […]
Continue readingTVNZ: Sir Peter Gluckman interviewed by Paul Holmes
Q+A’s Paul Holmes interviews the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor Professor Sir Peter Gluckman about the Global Research Alliance, an […]
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