Severe marine heatwaves, as well as hotter, more acidic waters are on the rise in the latest stocktake of New Zealand’s marine environment.
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Net Zero: The Road to 2050 – How your home can save the planet
Net Zero: The Road to 2050 – How your home can save the planet
Our houses are contributing big time to climate change, just by being there. In fact they cause up to 10 percent of New Zealand’s total greenhouse gas emissions. But there’s some cool stuff happening to reduce the harm our homes cause – and even make them part of the solution.
New research funds must go to regenerative farming, not methane inhibitors – Rod Oram
New research funds must go to regenerative farming, not methane inhibitors – Rod Oram
Mussel shell house cladding could help cut landfill waste by half — researchers say
Mussel shell house cladding could help cut landfill waste by half — researchers say
Recyclable plastic worth millions of dollars is going to landfill, when it can be made into building material
Recyclable plastic worth millions of dollars is going to landfill, when it can be made into building material
Three climate change activists who defaced ANZ Bank branch found not guilty
Three climate change activists who defaced ANZ Bank branch found not guilty.
Managed retreat from the ‘parasitic’ creep of climate change
Newsroom candidates’ survey: NZ local government election hopefuls are largely ignorant or reluctant around the controversial topic of climate change-induced managed retreat
Climate action front of mind for council candidates – 2022 elections
Newsroom’s survey of hundreds of candidates for council and mayor around the country shows the majority want to speed up emissions reductions
Why flying school strikers aren’t hypocrites
‘Climate advocates are no stranger to the sort of bad faith attacks deployed last week to undermine the credibility of striking students.’
Climate change a growing factor in dismal fate of many bird species – expert
New Zealand has the fifth largest proportion of birds at threat of extinction globally, in the grimmest release of The State of the World’s Birds report yet.
RNZ: Saving our rainforests, one recording at a time
Saving our rainforests, one recording at a time. Eddie Game is an acoustic ecologist, and the Lead Scientist & Director of Conservation for The Nature Conservancy’s Asia Pacific region. Rainforests are his favourite places and he’s doing his best to save them from further degradation.
Viva la EV-lution
A small Dunedin firm is doing its bit to help the Government hit its EV targets one ute at a time.
