Jun 18, 2020 | Science & Technology
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...
Nov 1, 2018 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society, Referee
By Alexander Louis Wine growers are scrambling to breed drought proof grape varieties in California as the effects of climate change worsen. An aggressive disease decimates banana plantations in Costa Rica and destroys livelihoods, threatening over 80 percent of the...
Oct 25, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Martina Tazzioli As the refugee crisis continues across Europe, new maps of the continent reveal the real frontiers for refugees as Martina Tazzioli explains. Since the EU declared a “refugee crisis” in 2015 that was followed by an unprecedented number of deaths in...
Oct 18, 2018 | Business & Economics
By Harvey C. Perkins & Christopher Rosin In 2015 tourism overtook dairying to become New Zealand’s largest export earner. Harvey Perkins and Christopher Rosin discuss how the tourism industry has made money off the land. In 2015 tourism overtook dairying to become...
Oct 2, 2018 | Science & Technology
By Luciana Esteves We are all too familiar with images of flooding in low lying areas after heavy rainfall or houses destroyed by coastal erosion after a storm. For an increasing number of people, coastal flooding and erosion is a real threat to property, the local...