From potential taxes on sugary drinks to the ancestry of our kiwi, science has offered plenty of headlines this year.

It wasn't quite fun in the sun for all beachgoers at Auckland's Mission Bay yesterday. Some wanted to send a message to the Government.

New Zealand's proposal to tackle climate change on an international scale is seen as "the only game in town" by the United States, Climate Change Minister Tim Groser says.

This year is set to be the hottest on record globally, with climate scientists pointing to rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide as the most likely cause.

Aucklanders need to prepare for the wide-ranging impacts that climate change will have on their city, a leading scientist says.

Sea levels will rise 30cm around New Zealand by 2050 and threaten coastal properties and infrastructure in low-lying areas, a new report warns.

After many years focused on creative accounting, New Zealand is facing pressure to deliver emission reduction results.

Australia looked increasingly isolated yesterday as it resisted pressure to put climate change on the main agenda of this weekend's G20 summit in Brisbane.

New Zealand is “off track” in transitioning to a low-carbon future amid increasing international pressure to slash emissions, according to a Government briefing.

The latest international report on climate change has been released and its findings came as little surprise.

Changes to the Southern Ocean's sea ice belt could mean see the global level rising several metres, says a new study which has shed more light on an ice-age mystery.

If the country has just voted for three more years of the status quo, one area where that is not nearly good enough is climate policy.

Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has brought star power to the UN summit on climate change on Tuesday, urging leaders to stop treating global warming as "fiction".

The planet will be drowned in love and good intentions from the United Nations today when leaders from around the world gather for a climate summit that will try to give fresh impetus to global negotiations.

Which town looks set to keep its crown as New Zealand's sunshine capital? A new climate report shows one place well out in front.

Researchers established that tiny life forms were thriving in a lake beneath 800 metres of pack ice, despite not seening sunlight or fresh air for around a million years.

A strong stance on climate change by New Zealand could inspire and embarrass other nations into following our lead, says a world-renowned climatologist.

Plans to build the world's largest solar power plant have been scrapped after the Australian govt's commitment to clean energy questioned.

Hundreds of people living in the Torres Strait face the prospect of having to leave their homes in the coming decades as rising seas engulf their low-lying islands.

Australia's decision to repeal its levy limiting fossil-fuel pollution makes it the first nation to turn back from a market approach to fighting global warming.