Nov 21, 2019 | Science & Technology
By Farah Qaiser A new Lancet Countdown report presents the lifelong health consequences that a child born today will face from climate change. We often talk about climate change in terms of melting icebergs, rising seawater, and elevated temperatures, but what about...
Nov 19, 2019 | Politics & Society, Science & Technology
On October 22, former MP and Green Party co-leader Russel Norman, who now leads Greenpeace Aotearoa New Zealand, delivered the 2019 Bruce Jesson Memorial Lecture at the University of Auckland, looking at institutional reform options for dealing with climate change, in...
Nov 11, 2019 | Business & Economics, Science & Technology
As California burns, oceans rise, storms intensify, and Greenland’s glaciers melt, the world continues to try to identify solutions to the ongoing climate crisis. Mark Jacobson has conducted a new study on the impacts of carbon capture and direct air capture. Are...
Oct 22, 2019 | Science & Technology
2018 saw the worst ice melts in New Zealand since the 1980s. But why are glaciers declining in Aotearoa? Mitch Fuller speaks with doctoral student Lauren Vargo about her research into glacial melting. Lauren Vargo is a doctoral student at the Antarctic Research Centre...
Oct 1, 2019 | Science & Technology
How is climate change affecting the oceans and marine life? What are the interactions between the earth, the atmosphere, and the ocean, and how does that affect human life? What measures can people take to prevent massive environmental damage? Maria Armoudian speaks...
Aug 29, 2019 | Science & Technology
What are the biophysical limits to New Zealand’s food and energy future? Mike Joy says people need to do a lot less of what they are doing now if New Zealand is to have a sustainable future. Joy says we need to change the way we live if we are to avert a significant...
Aug 15, 2019 | Referee, Science & Technology
After a prominent New Zealand radio host claimed that the science of man-made climate change was not yet settled – and used dodgy sources to do so – Joel Rindelaub, research fellow at the University of Auckland issued a rebuttal titled ‘Why Sources Matter in a Climate...
Aug 8, 2019 | Science & Technology
By Denise Montgomery Low-lying Pacific islands in atoll archipelagos such as Tuvalu, Tokelau and Kiribati are likely to adapt to the effects of climate change rather than simply sink beneath the waves. Tuvalu, Tokelau and Kiribati are widely considered under threat...
Jul 22, 2019 | Politics & Society
Just how much does the US military pollute the environment? What is its role in climate change-causing greenhouse gas emissions? The US military has taken some measures to reduce its impact on the environment and green gas emissions. But some researchers say these...
Jun 12, 2019 | Science & Technology
By Jonah Busch Reforestation can help reverse not one but two planetary crises, according to new research from the Earth Innovation Research. Reforestation can help reverse not one but two planetary crises. Reforestation offers one of the best ways to remove carbon...