Is the South Pole warming faster than the rest of the world?
By Kyle Clem Over the past 30 years, the South Pole has been one of the fastest changing places on Earth, warming more than three times more rapidly than the rest of the world. Climate scientists long thought Antarctica’s interior may not be very sensitive to warming,...
Climate Change: Is it worse than we thought?
By James Renwick If the world does not take action on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide, the future could be very grim indeed. The news about climate change has sounded quite dire for many years, with looming threats around extreme...
Climate change: Should we be worried?
By Michael Grose & Julie Arblaster Just how hot will it get this century? Latest climate models suggest it could be worse than we thought. Climate scientists use mathematical models to project the Earth’s future under a warming world, but a group of the latest...
Is El Niño becoming stronger?
By Mandy Freund, Ben Henley, David Karoly, Helen McGregor & Nerilie Abram El Niño has rapidly become stronger and stranger, according to new research involving coral records. The pattern of El Niño has changed dramatically in recent years, according to the first...
Who is leading the way to zero carbon?
By Pep Canadell, Corinne Le Quere, Glen Peters, Jan Ivar Korsbakken & Robbie Andrew Eighteen countries from developed economies have had declining carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels for at least a decade. While every nation is unique, they share some...
How will climate change impact Aotearoa? ▶
The debate is over. All life on planet Earth is threatened by man-made climate change. Within our lifetimes, the oceans will rise, weather will get more extreme, our air, soil, and water will become more tainted and toxic. Animals will perish en masse – and humans are...
Q+A: How do we know the earth is warming?
All scientific indications suggest that the Earth is fast reaching a tipping point, a point of irreversible damage to life on the planet. Already animals and plants are becoming extinct at never before seen rates, some at 1,000 times more than before, and oceans are...
CO₂ shortage: Why can’t we just pull carbon dioxide out of the air?
By Peter Styring & Katy Armstrong With the effects of climate change continuing to be widely felt around the world and the ongoing increase of CO₂ in the atmosphere, why can’t we just pull carbon dioxide out of the air? More people than ever are acutely...
Q+A: Can we avoid the looming climate wars?
Our options as a humanity may be dwindling in the face of climate change. The coming changes may completely alter the world as we know it with collapsed ecosystems, mass immigration of climate refugees, and more devastating wars over basic necessities such as food and...Subscribe by Email
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