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Paris saw the governments of the world not only confirm they want to keep warming under 2 degrees but that ideally they want to limit warming to 1.5 degrees. This is in recognition of the growing evidence on the impacts … Read More

With the Paris climate change conference on we’ve been talking about the Government’s relatively weak emissions reduction target. They have justified this on the basis that this target will cost New Zealand more, but over this week we have seen … Read More

In this whiteboard session we go through the dangers our birds are facing from cats, right now, in the middle of fledging time. Please watch. Please keep your cat inside. The most dangerous time for our bird life – Whiteboard … Read More

With the Paris conference coming up, Gareth is doing a series of Whiteboard Fridays on climate change. We’ve looked at the latest evidence on sea level rise, and how New Zealand’s targets fall short of what is needed to avoid “dangerous” warming, and how … Read More

With the Paris conference coming up, Gareth is doing a series of Whiteboard Fridays on climate change. We’ve looked at the latest evidence on sea level rise, and how New Zealand’s targets fall short of what is needed to avoid “dangerous” warming. This week Gareth … Read More

With the Paris conference coming up, Gareth is doing a series of Whiteboard Fridays on climate change. A few weeks ago he explored the latest observational evidence from Antarctica of climate change, and the implications for sea level rise; last … Read More

With the Paris conference coming up, Gareth is doing a series of Whiteboard Fridays on climate change. A couple of weeks ago Gareth looked at the latest science, illustrating why it is getting more certain that human-created climate change is … Read More

This week, the cost of cleaning up the Waikato River to be swimmable (a goal which was placed into law as part of the Tainui settlement) was estimated at $8b. For now we won’t quibble about whether it is the … Read More

Whenever the issue of aerial 1080 drops arises, people ask why don’t we just get people trapping possums for fur instead? It’s not that simple, and this video looks at why. Trapping vs Aerial Poison: Whiteboard Friday was last modified: … Read More