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How much will the planet warm if carbon dioxide levels double?

New York Times: How much, exactly, will greenhouse gases heat the planet?

NZ's crumbling cliffs: It's not the biggest waves doing the most damage

Scientists find it's not the size of waves eating away our shoreline cliffs, but the type.

Global warming 'driving polar bears toward extinction'

New York Times: By century's end, polar bears worldwide could become nearly extinct.

How Facebook handles climate misinformation

New York Times: Policy leaves a huge loophole for climate change deniers.

Japan's deadly combination: Climate change and an ageing society

New York Times: Flooding has shown the vulnerability of people living in nursing homes.

Simon Wilson: Another wretched port report

The latest report on Auckland's port fails to address any of the most pressing issues.

More hot days, fewer frosts: how NZ's climate has already changed

NZ is seeing five more extra-hot days a year than it did in 1950 - and fewer frosts.

Intense Arctic wildfires set a pollution record

New York Times: Intense Arctic wildfires released polluting gases into the atmosphere.

Climate change major disruptor to seafood sector - report

Climate change could see migration of prized Kiwi species such as snapper and kingfish.

Why Southern Ocean's monster waves will get even bigger

Monster waves below NZ as high as eight-storey buildings to grow even bigger this century.

Kiwi households now emit nearly as much as factories

Emissions from Kiwi households have swelled by almost 12 per cent over a decade.

Mega-project yields insights about NZ's changing oceans

Scientists make promising headway in $11.5m mega-project to better understand our oceans.

Why our seas scorched: NZ's back-to-back freak marine heatwaves

Scientists have shed fresh light on two of the most freakish climate events in NZ history.

More downpours: 'Much of NZ is going to get wet'

Advancing low-pressure system is packing heavy rain and potentially thunderstorms.

Govt reveals new cap, emissions budget, in ETS reform

The Government has announced a fresh reforms to one of NZ's biggest climate policy levers.

It's wet today, but Auckland's drought is far from over

Despite downpours in the north, the region's six-month-long drought is far from broken.

Why a changing climate matters to NZ's blue whales

They've only just been discovered, but NZ's giant blue whales already face climate threat.

Lockdown makes Mt Everest visible again with drop in air pollution

As air pollution in Northern India drops to record lows, residents captured a view they thought they would never see again. Video / AP / Abhushan Gautam