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Slowing the circular economy
COVID has underlined the deep mutual connection and reliance we have with the natural world. It is also showing that our current socio-economic systems — driven by hectic lifestyles, mindless…
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Sharks are thriving at the Kermadec Islands, but not the rest of New Zealand, amid global decline
Sharks are thriving at the Kermadec Islands, but not the rest of NZ, shows new report.
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Cabo Pulmo, an ocean sanctuary success story for people and wildlife
Cabo Pulmo is a coral reef in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It’s home to a huge variety of life including lots of different fishes, crustaceans, molluscs, birds.
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World Conservation Day: 6 conservation success stories from around the world
History shows that if we move fast and act with courage, humanity can protect and restore our most important places, and bring amazing creatures back from the edge of extinction.
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Synthetic fertiliser emits more greenhouse gases than domestic aviation
We are in a worsening climate crisis, but despite New Zealand’s ‘clean green’ credentials, successive Governments have failed to take meaningful action on reducing climate emissions.
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Fires are raging in the Amazon—again
One year has passed since the world was shocked by the images of the fires blazing across the Amazon in Brazil. But since then, the forest hasn’t stopped burning —and 2020 could…
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Extreme heat and rain: thousands of weather stations show there’s now more of both, for longer
A major global update based on data from more than 36,000 weather stations around the world confirms that, as the planet continues to warm, extreme weather events such as heatwaves and heavy rainfall are now more frequent, more intense, and longer.
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Bringing the lessons of Covid-19 to bear on New Zealand’s 2020 Election
The Covid-19 pandemic taught us many lessons. Perhaps the most important was how connected everything is. When an impulsive choice to go out to see friends during lockdown might mean…
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Climate explained: what the world was like the last time carbon dioxide levels were at 400ppm
Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change.
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Greenpeace delivers medical aid to Indigenous communities in the Amazon to fight COVID-19
Greenpeace has teamed up with health professionals and other organisations to deliver 28 tonnes of desperately needed food and medical supplies to remote Indigenous communities in the Amazon rainforest fighting the Covid-19 pandemic.
