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Heat wave caused 'catastrophic loss' in bird species
A marine heat wave has killed approximately half of Alaska's common murre population, marking the largest recorded die-off of a single species in modern history, research has found.
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Do EVs still stack up after a tough year?
20 Dec 2024Subsidies are gone, road user charges are in, and ACC levies are up. So do electric cars still make financial sense?
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Our Changing World: Top 10 listens for 2024
26 Dec 2024From the puzzles of our mind to the deep sea and the far-flung subantarctic islands, these podcast episodes have explored our changing world in 2024.
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What methane seeping from Antarctic might mean
19 Dec 2024Methane is escaping from below the seafloor in Antarctica - what are the potential implications for further warming of the planet?
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Whanganui rejects fast-track seabed mining project
13 Dec 2024Local councillors have opposed seabed mining in the South Taranaki Bight and applauded an impassioned first-term councillor for bringing the issue to the table.
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The bacterial world inside New Zealand's 'living fossil'
12 Dec 2024Tuatara have changed little since their ancestors hung out with dinosaurs, but what about their gut bacteria?
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New emissions plan still not on track to meet 2031-2035 climate targets
11 Dec 2024However the government's new plan moves the country closer to its crucial emissions budget for 2031-2035. Audio
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How pills for cows and 'light recipes' may help slow global warming
7 Dec 2024A range of tools are not too far off to knock back greenhouse gases from livestock burps.
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The glass sponges of Antarctica
6 Dec 2024Underneath the flat white expanse of sea ice, the Antarctic seafloor is a world of colour, structures and life, with mysterious giant glass sponges at the centre of it all.
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Methane debate still rages after government-initiated review
5 Dec 2024Both sides of methane debate claim to be backed by science, but say their opponents are "political".
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Is your KiwiSaver as green as it claims to be?
'Greenwashing' - making investments seem more responsible than they really were - is a critical challenge for fund managers.
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Emissions Trading Scheme 'will fail' without radical reform - Rod Carr
ETS is the government's major tool for lowering planet-heating gases that contribute to heating, droughts and extreme floods and storms around the globe. Audio
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Government weighs up next climate target under Paris Agreement
5 Dec 2024New Zealand's current target is to cut net emissions by 50 percent by 2030.
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'These things can just disappear in silence' - Robins at risk of extinction
4 Dec 2024A population of South Island robin living near Dunedin is at risk of local extinction without intervention.
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Onehunga lagoon build-up leaves boats stuck in the mud
4 Dec 2024An Auckland community say they are stuck in the mud, with years of silt making their lagoon unusable, and they are pushing for it to be restored.
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Dissection of rare whale begins: 'This is an extraordinary thing'
2 Dec 2024The dissection of a rare spade-toothed whale in Dunedin is extraordinary and a world first, say scientists.
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How queen bees set our backyards abuzz in readiness for summer
28 Nov 2024As the weather heats up bee and wasp queens emerge from hibernation in search of a place to start their nests.
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The case for COPs (even this one)
Pacific Island nations and other vulnerable countries don't have a voice at the G20, but they make themselves heard at climate summits.
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Gas supply shrinkage sparks fears of suburban shortages
26 Nov 2024Customers are being warned that in a worst case scenario, Vector might have to stop supplying gas to some suburbs. Audio
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Whales refloated stay at sea, locals asked to stay vigilant
25 Nov 2024Local iwi and members of the public helped refloat a pod of stranded pilot whales at a Northland beach. Audio
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Bringing back ngutukākā from the brink
21 Nov 2024A community of conservationists is turning State Highway 35 into a Crimson Highway by rewilding the iconic and critically endangered kākābeak.
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In pictures: Taranaki's 'unsung heroes' of the environment
20 Nov 2024A food rescue charity, vital mahi to improve fish passages, pest animal and plant control, and long-term efforts to restore waterways have all been recognised at the Taranaki Regional Council…
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Dramatic decline in Tongariro’s native plants as invasive heather spreads
20 Nov 2024"In places where ground cover of heather is high, we found native ferns, sedges, and rushes have disappeared completely."
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COP29: Surprise at lack of reaction to US elections
19 Nov 2024The first week of the global COP29 climate summit was remarkable for the wrong reasons, but with the second week now underway, a veteran NZ diplomat says the event is making constructive progress.
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'Only in Australia': Couple comes home to find koala in bed
15 Nov 2024Fran Dias Rufino, who moved to Australia from Brazil, posted the unexpected encounter on Instagram, saying she was lost for words upon seeing the marsupial inside her home.
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Don't just reduce plastic - refuse it, says ESR scientist
15 Nov 2024The warning comes as modelling published in the journal Science suggests plastic waste is likely to double by 2050.
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Bringing kiwi back to the capital
14 Nov 2024Behind the hills of Wellington city, the Capital Kiwi Project's land spans more than 23,000 hectares. Audio
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A tricky trap for redback spiders
14 Nov 2024Researchers are spinning a web of perfumed lies to trap invasive redback spiders.
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