Leaving home is the only option for many as the atoll faces the same fate as five islands that have already disappeared.

The power-packed storm meteorologists have dubbed the "Tasman Tempest" dumped more rain on Auckland than typically falls for the whole of March.

A sinkhole in New Lynn could be bigger than it looks. So what causes them? We asked an expert.

A Kiwi scientist meeting in Brazil with world climate experts discusses a new report assessing what an extra 1.5C of warming would mean for the planet.

The United States' top environmental official has rejected the established science of climate change outraging the science community.

Gareth Morgan's The Opportunities Party would ban subsidies on fossil fuels, increase the price of carbon and overhaul energy efficiency efforts under a climate change policy launched this evening.

Travel is safer now, so fewer of us are dying in large-scale disasters, but climate change could reverse the trend.

COMMENT: Moral implications seem a bridge too far in decisions on management of key resource, opines Rachel Stewart.

COMMENT: Figures released last month by Niwa show that 2016 was the hottest year on record for New Zealand, with record or near-record breaking temperatures for many locations, writes Adelia Hallett.

Regional climate variability caused an unusual period in which some of NZ's glaciers grew bigger, while glaciers worldwide were shrinking, a new study shows.

COMMENT: Personal battles are waste of energy when tackling climate change requires us all.

Whales, toothfish and the confounding puzzle that is Antarctica's sea ice will be targeted in six bold new Kiwi studies to be carried out on the frozen continent and in the Southern Ocean.

Preparing New Zealand's water stores for a warmer climate is a major focus of new research projects just awarded more than $2 million.

A world-leading glaciologist says scientists are fast running out of time to fully understand dramatic changes underway in climate change's sleeping giant: Antarctica.

A war-era DC-3 aircraft is playing an unlikely role in a state-of-the-art scientific survey of Antarctica's sea ice.

Immigration and the economy among topics English and Trump discuss in brief telephone call.

The dramatic, kilometres-deep canyons that lie hidden beneath our waves need protection from human pollution and damage, scientists say.

Chris Liddell is the most powerful New Zealander in the world.

Donald Trump took steps to advance construction of the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines.

Just moments after President Donald Trump took the oath of office any mention of climate change has been removed from the White House website.

Climate change scientists have projected continued global greenhouse gas emissions would heat Northland heat up more than other regions

Scientists have been far less guarded, noting the striking reality that global temperatures have set a record three years in a row.

COMMENT: An odd affliction seems to have affected PM Bill English in Europe: he has forgotten John Key's name.

When a longed-for journey to the Antarctic became a reality, Damian Christie was not prepared for the immensity of what awaited him.

Readers' views: 12 January 2017

In the last of a five-part series looking at research in Auckland's blue backyard, an expert discusses how far our ocean ecosystems can be pushed.

In the second of a five part series on Auckland's big blue backyard, science reporter Jamie Morton talks to seabird expert Dr Brendon Dunphy.

COMMENT: The Government is effectively setting an emissions target with apples and meeting it with oranges.

As the Arctic warms faster than any other place on the planet, there is only one sure way to save polar bears from extinction: decisive action on climate change.

In Auckland's Hauraki Gulf, you can find one quarter of the world's seabird species - and around 20 per cent of its whale and dolphin species.