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Groundbreaking study glimpses life in a warmer world

A groundbreaking study of tiny micro-organisms that survived in a hotter New Zealand 50 million years ago has offered a unique glimpse into how a dramatically warmer world could affect human civilisation.

Research to help us better understand Antarctica

Brian Fallow: Pining for bioenergy: will it work?

Economic modelling based on ethanol, which has its limitations as a fuel, may underestimate the potential yields and value added, writes Brian Fallow.

BBC edits climate change claim out of doco

New species of fish discovered in ocean

An expedition to one of the deepest ocean trenches has discovered a new species of fish and another not previously caught in the southwest Pacific.

Matthew Bradbury: Let's build green defences against rising sea

Al Gore rhythms out of step with facts of change

Al Gore is a sellout and a hypocrite - my days of trusting him are over.

Cash vs climate science

Study helps calm extinction fears

A New Zealand researcher has challenged long-held claims that most species will be wiped out before they can even be discovered.

Warming at triple speed

Temperatures in the western part of Antarctica are rising almost twice as fast as previously believed, adding to fears that sea levels will rise.

Academic celebrated after death

A gifted academic who grew up in Karori has died suddenly in London, devastating her family.

Major leaps in year of discovery

For more than half a century, scientists have postulated the existence of a subatomic particle that creates an invisible force field permeating the cosmos.

Seals join polar bears as threatened species

Tim Groser: It's time to move past Kyoto agreement

Carbon capture plant opened in central Queensland

Brian Fallow: NZ set adrift after cutting Kyoto ties

The Government's climate change policy is a shambles and a disgrace, writes Brian Fallow. "Unless, that is, you are happy for the costs of the inevitable adjustment to a low-carbon future to be needlessly increased."

NZ stance on Kyoto a lose-lose decision

The results of the Doha climate change talks leave fresh tears in our world's social fabric.

Doha decision spiteful, says consultant

A decision at the Doha climate conference which excludes New Zealand from international carbon markets will have little effect on consumers and emitters.