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Plastic bags in ocean image: Naja Bertolt Jensen

05/12/2024

Plastic poisons ocean bacteria that produce 10% of the world’s oxygen and prop up the marine food chain

Carbon trading

28/11/2024

After nearly 10 years of debate, COP29’s carbon trading deal is seriously flawed

Ilulissat Greenland, midnight sun. Photo: Cody Whitelaw

22/11/2024

Meltwater from Greenland and the Arctic is weakening ocean circulation, speeding up warming down south

Living planktonic foraminifera photos by Haruka Takagi, Katsunori Kimoto, Tetsuichi Fujiki, Hiroaki Saito, Christiane Schmidt4 , Michal Kucera and Kazuyoshi Moriya5, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

19/11/2024

Tiny oceanic plankton adapted to warming during the last ice age, but probably won’t survive future climate change

Global warming will continue to rise: image Peggy Anke

03/11/2024

Earth’s climate will keep changing long after humanity hits net-zero emissions. Our research shows why

Atmospheric river: NIWA

17/10/2024

Atmospheric rivers are shifting poleward, reshaping global weather patterns

Climate change event attribution - wildfire: image Mike Newbry

10/10/2024

The overshoot myth: you can’t keep burning fossil fuels and expect scientists of the future to get us back to 1.5°C

Timing of insurance retreat

17/08/2024

Some New Zealand homes are becoming uninsurable because of natural disasters – but all may not be lost

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Plastic poisons ocean bacteria that produce 10% of the world’s oxygen and prop up the marine food chain 05/12/2024
After nearly 10 years of debate, COP29’s carbon trading deal is seriously flawed 28/11/2024
Meltwater from Greenland and the Arctic is weakening ocean circulation, speeding up warming down south 22/11/2024
Tiny oceanic plankton adapted to warming during the last ice age, but probably won’t survive future climate change 19/11/2024
Earth’s climate will keep changing long after humanity hits net-zero emissions. Our research shows why 03/11/2024
Atmospheric rivers are shifting poleward, reshaping global weather patterns 17/10/2024
The overshoot myth: you can’t keep burning fossil fuels and expect scientists of the future to get us back to 1.5°C 10/10/2024
Some New Zealand homes are becoming uninsurable because of natural disasters – but all may not be lost 17/08/2024
Extreme wildfires have doubled in just 20 years – here’s the science 09/08/2024
Ancient poppy seeds and willow wood offer clues to the Greenland ice sheet’s last meltdown and a glimpse into a warmer future 07/08/2024
Aotearoa’s emissions pathway risks being labelled by trading partners as short sighted, selfish, and reckless 06/08/2024
The climate is changing so fast that we haven’t seen how bad extreme weather could get 02/08/2024
AI-powered weather and climate models are set to change the future of forecasting 26/07/2024
Weakening or collapse of a major Atlantic current has disrupted NZ’s climate in the past – and could do so again 12/06/2024
Supercharged thunderstorms: have we underestimated how climate change drives extreme rain and floods? 11/05/2024
Extreme weather in a changing climate 09/05/2024
MSNBC news video explains ‘Intensely frightening ocean warming’ 18/03/2024
Climate change is fanning the flames of NZ’s wildfire future 23/02/2024
‘Gold’ natural hydrogen 22/02/2024
Atlantic Ocean current headed for a tipping point 13/02/2024
Agrivoltaics: solar energy + better crops 31/01/2024
Inside Antarctica’s sea ice puzzle 23/01/2024
Not all carbon-capture projects pay off for the climate 21/01/2024
Welcome to 2024 10/01/2024
2023 almost broke 1.5°C 10/01/2024
COP28 climate agreement is a step backwards on fossil fuels 18/12/2023
Luminous ‘mother-of-pearl’ clouds explain why climate models miss so much Arctic and Antarctic warming 18/11/2023
Rising seas allow coastal wetlands to store more carbon 26/10/2023
Increasing melting of West Antarctic ice shelves may be unavoidable – new research 24/10/2023
Global average temperature September: 1.7°C 06/10/2023
Degrowth vs Green growth 01/10/2023
Revealed: top carbon offset projects may not cut planet-heating emissions 25/09/2023
Dr Rod Carr Speaking at the Climate Change and Business Conference 2023 25/09/2023
Emerging Tipping Points in Antarctica 12/07/2023
Hidden carbon: Fungi and their ‘necromass’ absorb one-third of the carbon emitted by burning fossil fuels every year 09/06/2023
Unprecedented ocean warming 04/05/2023
The best Climate Adaptation Plan in Aotearo! 25/04/2023
Fear and Wonder podcast: how scientists attribute extreme weather events to climate change 23/04/2023
Antarctica’s heart of ice has skipped a beat. Time to take our medicine 23/04/2023
New research shows how rapidly ice sheets can retreat – and what it could mean for Antarctic melting 14/04/2023
NZ farmers worry about paying for emissions, but they could benefit from playing the long game 12/04/2023
Torrents of Antarctic meltwater slowing currents that drive vital ocean ‘overturning’ threatening its collapse 03/04/2023

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