Global Warming
Our Changing World for 22 October 2020
GNS Science is measuring how much carbon dioxide we're producing in different towns as part of the Carbon Watch NZ project. Audio
Carbon Watch & 50 years of CO2 measurements in NZ
Dave Lowe on measuring CO2 in New Zealand for 50 years, and how Carbon Watch NZ is a bird's eye view on our carbon balance. Audio
Our Changing World for 15 October 2020
Fifty years ago Dave Lowe started measuring carbon dioxide in New Zealand's atmosphere. And Gordon Brailsford and Sara Mikaloff Fletcher talk about Carbon Watch NZ project. Audio
Doomsday Glacier and sea level rise
An Antarctic glacier, the size of Great Britain, is melting at an alarming rate, according to new research. Nick-named the Doomsday glacier, Thwaites glacier flows off the west of the Antarctic and is… Audio, Gallery
Amos Nachoum: 'Rather than aim a gun, I aimed a camera.'
"If your picture is not good enough, it's because you're not close enough." That's the mantra of Israeli solider-turned-wildlife-photographer Amos Nachoum. His film, Picture of His Life is screening… Video, Audio
Our Changing World for 14 May 2020
Experts discuss the findings from a recent NIWA report that shows a small amount of sea-level rise will cause more coastal flooding. Audio
Empty Planet: the world's next big population threat
In his book Empty Planet, author Darrell Bricker bucks conventional wisdom by asserting a drastically different prediction for the future of the human species. Bricker believes human population will… Audio
Zero Carbon bill passes unanimously
Yesterday Parliament showed a rare display of cross party unity in all but unanimously enacting the bill designed to make New Zealand net carbon zero by 2050. Audio
Climate scientist warns of 'mayhem' amid growing emissions
If the world continues to emit greenhouse gasses it will lock in a further 3C of global warming and 10m of sea level rise, a world renowned New Zealand climate scientist warns.
Professor Mark Costello - when is a species not a species?
Mark Costello is an Auckland University marine ecologist, who co-leads the world's most comprehensive stocktake of marine life, which has enabled scientists to name all but half a million of all… Audio
Worlds of Music Ep 138 May 25, 2019
Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie Audio
ECan declares climate emergency
Environment Canterbury has today declared a 'climate emergency', the first council in the country to acknowledge the threat from global warming on the environment. Audio
James Shaw: Climate change plan sets goal in legislation
Climate Change Minister James Shaw says the government's plan for combating climate change goes far enough, even though it only has a target of reducing methane emissions by 10 percent. He spoke with… Video, Audio
Govt’s plan for climate change condemned as toothless
Proposed legislation on climate change sets a new emissions reduction target for greenhouse gases to net zero by 2050, and establishes an independent Climate Commission, but it's already being… Audio
Inaction on climate change will turn Earth into 'a hell'
Journalist and author David Wallace-Wells has written widely on why he believes climate change may render the earth uninhabitable. Audio
Starfish reveal new insights into how marine life responds to global warming
Starfish are helping New Zealand scientists to understand how marine life is responding to global warming. A team of marine biologists at Otago University have used 500 starfish to help them develop a… Audio
What are we actually doing to slow down climate change
In the face of stark warnings on climate change - are we actually doing anything? Reporter Sarah Robson headed to the Climate Change and Business conference in central Auckland today to speak to some… Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 9 October 2018
Niue won't raise the New Zealand flag or sing its anthem during constitution day celebrations later this month; a landowner group in Papua New Guinea is urging the government not to renew the mining… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 8 October 2018
Global Warming Report marks the end of 'magical thinking' about climate change; A Pacific-wide development agency says money aimed at climate change is not reaching the region's poorest and most… Audio
Climate report warns of need for rapid, unprecedented change
A newly released climate report says rapid, far reaching and unprecedented changes are needed in all aspects of society to limit global warming. Audio