What should New Zealand do to commit fully to tackling climate change?
New Zealand’s first wind turbine, built in Brooklyn, Wellington, in 1993. Wikimedia The Big Q is partnering with the University of Auckland’s Climate Systems Laboratory and Ngā Ara Whetū Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society. During this...
What are the causes of tsunamis?
By Sally Warner What causes a tsunami? An ocean scientist explains the physics of these destructive waves. On Jan. 15, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in Tonga erupted, sending a tsunami racing across the Pacific Ocean in all directions. As word of the...
What actions do we need to take to mitigate and adapt to climate change? 🔊
This month, the IPCC released its sixth assessment report. This report was the starkest of any of the IPCC reports thus far. The effects of the failure to act on the threat of climate change and the need to make immediate changes in governmental and societal practices...
What are the big takeaways from the IPCC report?
By Jacqueline Peel, Kathryn Bowen & Ben Neville The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the scientific playbook for charting our climate future – but we must act immediately. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has...
Cleaning up: Can electricity replace fossil fuels in time?
By Jen Purdie As New Zealand gets serious about climate change, can electricity replace fossil fuels in time? As fossil fuels are phased out over the coming decades, the Climate Change Commission (CCC) suggests electricity will take up much of the slack, powering our...
How can we cut emissions from transport?
By Robert McLachlan How to cut emissions from transport: ban fossil fuel cars, electrify transport and get people walking and cycling, according to Robert McLachlan. The Climate Change Commission’s draft advice on how to decarbonise New Zealand’s economy is...
Climate change: Where to next for Aotearoa?
By James Renwick In a new report, the Climate Change Commission has called on the New Zealand government to take ‘immediate and decisive action’ to cut emissions. New Zealand’s Climate Change Commission today released its long-anticipated advice to the...
Climate change: How damaging is methane?
By Zebedee Nicholls & Tim Baxter Methane is a shorter-lived greenhouse gas – why do we average it out over 100 years? By doing so, do we risk emitting so much in the upcoming decades that we reach climate tipping points? The climate conversation is often...
How can water help us adapt to survive as the climate changes? ▶
The natural sciences that allow us to understand the environment are at the heart of developing strategies to adapt to, survive, and thrive as climate changes. Water is at the heart of many of the most complex problems in climate sciences: understanding the behavior...Subscribe by Email
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