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Kiwi scientist's trek to volcanic hotspot

A Kiwi scientist has journeyed to one of the world's most volcanically active regions.

Great Barrier Reef: 'See it while you still can'

Our oceans are bearing the brunt of climate change. How much more heat can they take?

Weird Science: Kea's contagious call

Is laughter contagious? It is among our cheeky kea.

Famed scientist pays tribute to Kiwi pioneer

Renowned scientist Dr Brian Greene talks a "new era of astronomy" and a Kiwi innovator.

Earth's original crust found on surface

Earth is just shy of 4.6 billion years old and a couple hundred million years later the planetary blob began to cool form its first crust.

NZ's future: Zero emissions by 2100?

Slashing pastoral stock numbers by up to 35 per cent has been suggested among ways to push New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions down to zero by 2100.

Weird Science: How much do spiders eat?

Our planet's spiders wolf down between 400 and 800 million tonnes of food each year.

Kaikoura quake record: 21 ruptured faults

Scientists describe November jolt as an "incredibly complex earthquake" in which some land was offset by as much as 12 metres.

'Hellmouth' opens portal to past

Siberia's enormous "hellmouth" crater in the melting permafrost is growing - and opening a portal to a 200,000-year-old world.

Weird Science: Creatures from the deep

Endurance athletes looking to improve their times might consider swishing with a mouth rinse that contains a little sugar during their next performance.

'Firefall' in California

This incredible Yosemite phenomenon happens for only ten days each February.

NZ forests could be absorbing 60% more CO2

Our forests and other land areas may be sucking up to 60 per cent more carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere than previously thought and we can likely thank our native trees for much of it.

NZ researcher: Ebola link to deforestation

New research co-authored by a New Zealand scientist has linked deforestation to the deadly Ebola virus.

Future doesn't look good for glaciers

Regional climate variability caused an unusual period in which some of NZ's glaciers grew bigger, while glaciers worldwide were shrinking, a new study shows.

The world's most beautiful waterfalls

The waterfall has always captured the imagination - here are a selection of the most epic examples from around the world.

Waking climate change's sleeping giant

A world-leading glaciologist says scientists are fast running out of time to fully understand dramatic changes underway in climate change's sleeping giant: Antarctica.