Following the Science Media Centre’s briefing with experts yesterday, several media outlets have reported on the connections between rising global […]
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Extreme weather and climate change
How can we gauge the impact on weather of global warming above and beyond natural variation in weather patterns?
Continue readingWill ‘Playing God’ be our saviour?
In an article published in the Dominion Post , environmental author Mark Lynas explains why mankind must embrace technologies like […]
Continue readingAustralia puts a price on carbon
The Australian government yesterday unveiled plans to impose a “carbon price” on industrial emissions in a bid to combat climate […]
Continue readingIs geo-engineering an inevitability?
As the effects of climate change become more apparent and severe, what steps will we be forced to take to […]
Continue readingPODCAST: Future of Coal in New Zealand – audio
Recordings from a day-long symposium on the Future of coal in New Zealand, hosted by VUW Institute of Policy Studies, […]
Continue readingThe future of coal in New Zealand
The future of coal and proposed lignite developments in Southland, and their role in feeding growing energy needs here and […]
Continue readingHansen lectures heat up coal mining issue
Climate change expert James Hansen kicked off his nation wide lecture tour last night in Auckland. His pointed analysis of […]
Continue readingIPCC report on Renewable Energy
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released a Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources. Dominion Post reporter Kiran […]
Continue readingNaomi Oreskes on Merchants of Doubt
Naomi Oreskes, Professor of History and Science Studies at the University of California San Diego, will be coming to New […]
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