Considered Conservation versus the Green Extreme

Gareth MorganEnvironment

There have been times when factions of the conservation movement have been dismissed as too rabid to be taken seriously and at times that extremism ends in a situation being worse than it would otherwise have been. Japanese whaling suffers … Read More

Extreme Green risks Ross Sea own goal

Gareth MorganEnvironment

There is a debate raging between fishing and marine protection in the Ross Sea region. Last week we took care of the myths purported by the green-necks, this week we will turn to three of the serious proposals for marine … Read More

“Million Dollar Mouse” pest busting campaign

Gareth MorganEnvironment

“Million Dollar Mouse” pest busting campaign Wednesday, 28 March 2012, 8:12 pm Press Release: Dr Gareth Morgan Gareth Morgan announces “Million Dollar Mouse” pest busting campaign Fresh from his Our Far South expedition to Antarctica and the subantarctics, Gareth Morgan … Read More

Changing Times in Frozen South

Gareth MorganEnvironment

The biology of our far south – the southern ocean, the sub-Antarctic islands, and that slice of Antarctica known as the Ross Protectorate – is changing. On our sub-Antarctic islands, populations of rockhopper penguins are down by 94 per cent, … Read More

High Risk Shift in Vital Chiller Ocean

Gareth MorganEnvironment

Yesterday, we looked at how the race for resources is heating up in the Antarctic. That’s not the only thing getting hotter. In our 2009 book Poles Apart, written with John McCrystal, we surveyed the evidence for global warming. The … Read More