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With methane emissions soaring, NZ shouldn't be waiting for a solution, scientist says.
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Hydrogen not the answer to energy saving in NZ
COMMENT: Best to battle climate change with tools that will make a genuine difference.
Bikelash: What drives hatred of cycle lanes?
Researchers have delved into the causes of "bikelash" against city cycle lanes.
National lays out 'bluegreen' policy
National reveals its "bluegreen" policies to praise and criticism from green groups.
Environmentalists welcome new tax proposals
Environmentalists have welcomed a proposed water tax, amid other suggested overhauls.
How a 13 year-old's strike against climate change exploded into a movement
Students in China want to join Alexandria Villasenor's climate change movement.
Climate change alarmists push own barrow
COMMENT: This is for those who remember that mother nature makes her own rules.
Q&A: Why we must hasten action on climate change
Last summer's record-hot temperatures are a warning about our future, scientist says.
Gwynne Dyer: Magnetic reversal: Don't panic
Scientists seem untroubled by signs that the north and south magnetic poles will switch.
Rapidly declining insect populations spell ‘catastrophic’ trouble
A global review of research looking at insect populations has led scientists to warn about worrying consequences for “the survival of mankind”.
Conservation Comment: Why I won't fly
Actually, I'm joining the majority — 95 per cent of humans never fly.
Historic paintings show stark image of the ravages of climate change
The Watercolour World is a free online database of 80,000 works painted before 1900.
US climate deal simple plea for urgent action
EDITORIAL: Now in 2019 the New Deal programme is being invoked once again.
Why are scientists blowing up ice in Antarctica?
Explosives helping reveal how Antarctica's ice shelves might respond to a warming world.
Antarctica: An alien valley, frozen in time
Comment: When you step into Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys, you step into another world.
What these creatures are telling us about climate change
As the planet warms, we can turn to these species as climate change's coal mine canaries.
'Extreme and unpredictable' weather to get worse as ice sheets melt
Researchers call for an "urgent review" of global policy to avoid dangerous impacts.
Scientists Himalayan ice warning
Vast glaciers are expected to shrink by at least a third as temperatures heat up.
Rachel Stewart: Fry me a river, climate denialists
COMMENT: There's no ignoring what's happening with the weather all over the world.
Scorcher: January was Australia's hottest month on record
Bats dropped dead from trees and roads melted as country sweltered in unprecedented heat.
If this heatwave is NZ's future, are we ready for it?
Is New Zealand ready for the warmer, wilder future that this week has given us a taste of?
Rising seas threat to council infrastructure - report
As much as $14 billion worth of council infrastructure is threatened by rising seas.
Letters: Treaty 'principle' missing
We're only 'unique' in New Zealand because we haven't included our treaty in domestic law.
NZ heatwave: Five big questions answered
Science reporter Jamie Morton asks five big questions about the current heatwave.
Explained: what the heatwave is doing to your body
How is your body coping with this heat? Science reporter Jamie Morton gives some insight.
Hydrogen 'unlikely to be economic for industrial heat'
Hydrogen unlikely to be a cost-competitive option for heavy industry to reduce emissions.
Explained: What caused the heatwave?
Where did all of this heat come from? Jamie Morton explains.
NZ researcher: Time to keep 'Big Food' out of govt policy
A NZ researcher says obesity, climate change and undernutrition can be tackled at once.
Māori burial sites in peril due to climate change
Answers needed as climate change, storm events threaten to wash away remains.
Auckland's carbon sink may be bigger than first thought
More CO2 might be getting sucked out of Auckland's atmosphere than first thought.
Scientists say 2018 continues temperature trend
29 countries hit new highs during year that is the fourth hottest on record.