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Rodney Hide: Al's prediction a snow job

Five years ago this month, Gore predicted that the "entire North Polar ice cap will be gone in five years". But five years on, the North and South Poles are still capped in ice.

Brian Fallow: A year on, climate policy still a disgrace

A year ago, Brian Fallow described the state of NZ's climate policy as a shambles and a disgrace. A year later, there is no reason to eat those words, he says.

Seas warming off South Island coast - scientists

Chris de Freitas: Human interference real threat to Pacific atolls

The facts around rising sea levels are widely misunderstood or misinterpreted.

Richard Turner: Could a 'superstorm' happen in NZ

"Superstorm" Sandy was incredibly huge - the largest Atlantic hurricane on record with hurricane-force winds more than 1500km across at its widest point.

America lags behind in international race to claim spoils of warming Arctic

Toby Manhire: Climate asylum claim sign of things to come

The story from NZ that received the most international play this week was: NZ rejects climate change refugee. Kooky. But his effort to gain asylum here because of the impact of climate change in Kiribati is more a harbinger than an oddity.

Norman faces challenge for leadership

Greens co-leader Russel Norman is facing a challenge for the party leadership from a low-ranking Greens candidate.

Climate change 'refugee' claim rejected

A Kiribati man's bid to become the world's first climate change refugee in New Zealand has been rejected for a third time.

Polar-melt map spells disaster for NZ

Much of northern New Zealand, including Auckland, and parts of the South Island would be almost wiped out by rising sea levels if all the world's ice melted.

Sam Judd: Wasted on water

Every day, millions of tons of inadequately treated sewage, industrial and agricultural waste enters the world's waterways, writes Sam Judd.

Chris de Freitas: Our humble cows help make the world a cooler place

A recent discovery that agricultural practices help form clouds could change the way we see New Zealand's environmental performance.

Sam Judd: Our nutrient world

Sam Judd writes that perhaps the biggest environmental problem we currently face is the contamination of our waterways by nutrients.

Southern Alps' ice levels show sharp decrease

Ice levels in the Southern Alps dropped by almost 15 per cent in the past four years, new research from climate scientist Jim Salinger shows.

Q&A: Documenting climate change threats

Nature is giving us many signals about warming up of the world which must be heeded, says scientist author

Sizzling Aussie spring points to a horror summer

Is democracy for sale?

Te Radar's rant: praying for rain on the plain