Global Warming
The unusual case of the 'growing' glaciers
Glaciers around the world are melting and shrinking, but glaciologists have been investigating why some New Zealand glaciers bucked the trend between 1983 and 2005. Video, Audio
The unusual case of the 'growing' glaciers
Glaciers around the world are melting and shrinking, but glaciologists have been investigating why some New Zealand glaciers bucked the trend between 1983 and 2005.
Video, AudioGlobal temperatures at new record high
For the third year in a row, global temperatures have hit new highs, making 2016 the hottest year on record. Audio
Warm winters delay cherry season
West Melton fruit grower Peter Sargeant has had to cancel all his Christmas cherry orders because the season is running so late, but luckily his strawberry crop is ripe for picking and the punnets are… Audio
Warm winters delay cherry season
West Melton fruit grower Peter Sargeant has had to cancel all his Christmas cherry orders because the season is running so late, but luckily his strawberry crop is ripe for picking and the punnets are…
AudioWild reindeer's plight blamed on climate change
Wild reindeer are getting smaller, weaker and are dying younger - with global warming to blame, scientists say.
What's going on in the Arctic?
For the first time ever observed in modern history the sea ice around the Arctic circle shrank during the polar winter. It’s a phenomenon which has alarmed climate scientists like Dr James Renwick… Audio
What will Trump mean for the climate?
A summit in Marrakesh this week is meant to put meat on the bones of the Paris Agreement. But with the world's largest emitter electing a President who's on the record as describing man made global… Audio
Marine environment at great risk
Ninety percent of New Zealand's native seabirds and shorebirds face extinction due to ocean acidification and warming, a Ministry of Environment and Statistics NZ report says. Audio
Breathing life into theatre
UK playwright Duncan Macmillan’s highly acclaimed dark comedy Lungs addresses love in unstable times as a couple in their 30s decides what shape their future will take. Arthur Meek stars alongside… Audio
Bad air is bad for health
Air pollution is the world's leading environmental risk factor for disease, and it causes early deaths even in clean countries such as New Zealand. Audio
Bad air is bad for health
Air pollution is the world's leading environmental risk factor for disease, and it causes early deaths even in clean countries such as New Zealand.
AudioNZ glacial shrinkage
Kathryn Ryan speaks to glaciologist Trevor Chinn on the rapid shrinkage of the country's glaciers. The central Southern Alps has lost a quarter of its ice in recent decades and stands to lose another… Audio
Fulbright poet
Clare Jones will spend four more months in NZ, soaking in the flora and fauna, which drives her poetry. The Fulbright scholar has been attending Victoria University and explores ecology, Darwinism and… Audio
NZ's Environment Roadmap
A leading climate scientist has welcomed a new 20-year Government 'roadmap' that singles out climate change as an environmental research priority for New Zealand. The document set out a range of… Audio
Permafrost, farming and fracking: What's the story with methane?
Dr Hinrich Schaefer is an atmospheric scientist at NIWA who specialises in researching methane. It's a particular problem for New Zealand due to our high proportion of agricultural emissions but is… Audio
April breaks global temperature record
April was the seventh month in a row to break global temperature records, NASA figures show.
Nights' Pundit - Left Thinking
The UN climate talks in Paris last year - "COP 21" - gave rise to the Paris Climate Agreement, hailed by world leaders as an historic breakthrough towards preventing catastrophic climate change. But… Audio
Rebecca Priestley: anthologising Antarctica
Senior Lecturer in the Science in Society Group, Victoria University of Wellington, and editor of Dispatches from Continent Seven: an Anthology of Antarctic Science, a new collection of writings by… Audio
What does Paris' historic climate change agreement mean?
It's being hailed as historic, the unanimous agreement of nearly 200 countries to aim to keep global temperature rises "well below" 2°C, with an aspirational target of limiting the rise to 1.5°C… Audio
