Q&A: Why we must hasten action on climate change
Last summer's record-hot temperatures are a warning about our future, scientist says.
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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.
Record-hot summer a taste of climate change
Last summer's record warmth - on land and sea - a taste of what might come this century.
Climate change a driver in NZ's warming oceans
Scientists finger climate change in trends showing warming NZ seas over past 30 years.
PM to global forum: There is no greater threat than climate change
Jacinda Ardern was part of a climate change panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos
Rachel Stewart: I'm back and I'm not staying quiet
COMMENT: I am rebranding as the only columnist any rational person will ever want.
Million-dollar study: When will Antarctica's marine ice sheets melt?
How warm would the ocean have to get to melt Antarctica's marine ice sheets, study asks.
Cam Hosie: Carbon capture gives our planet a chance
COMMENT: Fossil fuels stripped of carbon leave clean hydrogen for use.
Dear Mr. President, that's not how global warming works
Trump might have been joking, but but scientists see nothing to laugh at.
Ice loss from Antarctica has increased sixfold since 1970s
The massive East Antarctica ice sheet is already a major contributor to sea-level rise.
What's causing NZ's air pollution problems?
One of the worst towns for air pollution the focus of a study pin-pointing NZ's problems.