Keeping future global warming within 1.5C demands 'truly heroic' effort
UN report on limiting warming to another 1.5C should "end magical thinking", expert says.
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Gluckman: Tackle emissions with farm plans
Ag sector could slash methane emissions through tailored farm plans, Peter Gluckman says.
Evacuation order: Hurricane Florence gains strength as it heads towards US
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NZ scientist teams up with alien-hunting SETI effort
NZ scientist teaming up with an international effort searching for life beyond Earth.
Even depths of Great Barrier Reef unsafe from climate change
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NZ approach to global warming 'myopic'
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Trump to overhaul key policy on climate
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Residents see red over algae outbreak
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Audrey Young: Greens adjust to pragmatism over idealism
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