Topics tagged with 'Greenhouse Effect'

CSIRO abruptly scraps globally recognised climate forecast programme

17 Oct 2022

Australia’s premier science organisation abruptly scrapped a fully-funded, globally recognised programme to predict the climate in coming years without consulting an advisory panel that had praised its “good progress” only weeks earlier.

Mangrove carbon sinks under threat from sea level rise

14 Oct 2022

Whether Aotearoa New Zealand’s wetlands can survive the threat of inevitable sea-level rise is a question NIWA scientists are asking, as they start a new monitoring project looking at Bay of Plenty estuaries.

‘We’re on our own.’ How people with disabilities are left out of climate planning

14 Oct 2022

When the inevitable hurricanes threaten New Orleans, it’s hard for India Scott to figure where to go. In the city where she was born and raised, she’s stayed in hotels, relief shelters and, during Hurricane Katrina, in the famously overcrowded Superdome.

"Sobering" report highlights climate impacts on NZ's marine environment

13 Oct 2022

A “sobering” new report highlighting marine heatwaves, acidifying oceans, sea level rise, and damaging storms, is a warning to reduce emissions faster, according to experts.

Climate and ESG important to tech sector employees

13 Oct 2022

New research reveals that 59% of tech sector candidates looking for new work say a company’s commitment to environmental sustainability influences their decision to accept a job offer.

Greenland's culture shifts as Arctic heats up

13 Oct 2022

Icebergs bigger than city blocks loom through the mist as Kaleeraq Mathaeussen reels in halibut from the frigid waters one by one.

Import limits reduced for potent greenhouse gases

12 Oct 2022

Media Release: Environmental Protection Authority | The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has lowered import limits for hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a group of harmful greenhouse gases used in heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration.

50% of Earth’s coral reefs face climate change threat by 2035

12 Oct 2022

Under a worst-case scenario, half of coral reef ecosystems worldwide will permanently face unsuitable conditions in just over a dozen years, if climate change continues unabated. That is one of the findings from new research published on October 11, in PLOS Biology by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers. Unsuitable conditions will likely lead to the corals dying off and other marine life will struggle to survive due to disruptions in the food chain.

Climate change and deforestation may drive tree-dwelling primates to the ground, large-scale study shows

11 Oct 2022

A large-scale study of 47 species of monkeys and lemurs has found that climate change and deforestation are driving these tree-dwelling animals to the ground, where they are at higher risk due to lack of preferred food and shelter, and may experience more negative interaction with humans and domestic animals.

Climate change threat to water infrastructure: experts

10 Oct 2022

Climate change poses a threat to Aotearoa New Zealand’s water infrastructure, with worsening flooding and damage to buried pipes a likely result, according to a civil systems engineering expert.

City partnership a world leader in climate change planning

7 Oct 2022

Media release - University of Canterbury | A partnership between the University of Canterbury (UC) and Christchurch City Council is leading the world in understanding and adapting to risk from climate change.

Best by the rest...

7 Oct 2022

In our weekly round-up of the best local climate coverage: The majority of local election candidates have climate action at front of mind; a new research project aims to forecast risks to New Zealand as the world continues to heat; and while there's government assistance for those switching to EVs, e-bikes are yet to catch up.

Climate change will displace millions of people - do we need to rethink attitudes to mass migration?

7 Oct 2022

Mass migration towards the Earth’s poles will help humanity survive the climate crisis, according to a new book.

Climate change made 2022’s northern-hemisphere droughts ‘at least 20 times’ more likely

7 Oct 2022

The droughts seen across the northern hemisphere this summer were made “at least 20 times more likely” by human-caused climate change, according to a new “rapid-attribution” study.

Climate reparations may be ethical, but they aren’t the best fix, climatologist says

6 Oct 2022

Calls for climate reparations for poorer countries hit hard by climate change are growing louder after catastrophic floods in Pakistan. But though they may be ethical, they aren’t the best solution to a complex problem, one climatologist said.

Hawke's Bay to develop emissions reduction plan

5 Oct 2022

Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has voted to develop the region’s first emissions reduction plan, aiming to reach net zero by 2050.

Climate crisis will impact lake water quality and colour

5 Oct 2022

Global heating could see Aotearoa New Zealand’s iconic lakes lose their blue hue, as well as reducing fish and water quality, according to new research.

Vatican unveils new documentary on climate change

5 Oct 2022

A new documentary by filmmaker Nicolas Brown “highlights the key concept of dialogue,” Cardinal Michael Czerny explained on Tuesday, at the presentation of the film “The Letter” at the Holy See Press Office.

NIWA predicts strengthening marine heatwave

4 Oct 2022

Climate change is continuing to influence Aotearoa New Zealand’s weather, with NIWA warning the coming marine heatwave could rival last year’s high temperatures, and the marine sector “should monitor the system closely”.

A Nord Stream disaster every day

4 Oct 2022

A half-mile wide maelstrom is swirling in the Baltic Sea as an estimated 300,000 metric tons of gas violently erupts from the sabotaged Nord Stream pipelines. Most of this gas is likely methane, a gas normally invisible to the eye that is over 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide at trapping heat over 20 years. The swirling froth recalls Hurricane Ian, another catastrophe that’s just devastated Florida.

Insurance Council urges local governments to focus on climate resilience

3 Oct 2022

As Kiwis cast their votes in local elections, the Insurance Council is calling on incoming councils to invest in climate resilience.

Climate change is a class issue

3 Oct 2022

By Max Lawson - head of inequality Oxfam |As Europe is crippled by high gas and energy prices this winter, there are some who have been saying that this is an opportunity to speed a green transition, a kind of shock treatment to get us all somehow ‘used’ to high energy prices and forced to consume less.

‘South Asia, Himalayan region witness 40% of all climate disasters’

3 Oct 2022

Nord Stream pipeline leaks are ‘catastrophic for the climate’

30 Sep 2022

Methane leaking from yet-to-be explained damage on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines is likely to be the biggest burst of the potent greenhouse gas on record, raising new fears of the effect on the climate emergency.

The climate crisis is making the pacific islands uninhabitable. Who will help preserve our Nations?

30 Sep 2022

The climate crisis is creating an increasingly uncertain future for people in most parts of the world. Paradoxically in the Pacific, it is making the future increasingly certain—but not in a way that gives any kind of comfort.

COP27: Why is addressing ‘loss and damage’ crucial for climate justice?

30 Sep 2022

The death and destruction that can result from climate change is not evenly distributed around the world

Fiji’s traditional houses more likely to withstand cyclones

29 Sep 2022

Traditional Fijian knowledge could be key to helping the islands adapt to extreme weather caused by climate change, as traditional dwellings are more likely to withstand tropical cyclones, according to Massey University research.

Rising interest rates only a mild snag in climate battle

29 Sep 2022

Rising interest rates present no significant barrier to the world's transition to net zero emissions by 2050 despite the high levels of investment in green energy needed, according to a strong majority of climate economists polled by Reuters.

Reducing beef’s carbon footprint is key to achieving net-zero in Latin America and the Caribbean

28 Sep 2022

In Latin America and the Caribbean, one of the biggest drivers of greenhouse gas emissions in the region — and its best hope for achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 — remains the food system.

Young protesters demand climate action worldwide

27 Sep 2022

Young activists staged a coordinated “global climate strike” to highlight the effects of global warming and demand more aid for poor countries hit by weather chaos.

New report reveals organic dairy farming stores carbon, reduces greenhouse gas emissions

27 Sep 2022

A recent study published in the Journal of Cleaner Productions finds greenhouse gas emissions to be 24% lower on organic dairy farms when compared to conventional dairy farms in the United States.

NZ's first refrigerant gas destruction plant planned for Kawerau

23 Sep 2022

Aotearoa New Zealand’s first waste management facility to break down climate-damaging refrigerant gases could be operational as soon as 2024.

Best by the rest...

23 Sep 2022

In our weekly round-up of the best climate coverage in the local media: A biofuel mandate prompts economic and environmental criticism; new research in Australia reveals conservative voters care just as much about the environment as climate change activists; and slow lawmaking is making it difficult to act on environmental regulation in time.

Vultures prevent tens of millions of metric tons of carbon emissions each year

22 Sep 2022

New research shows vultures are 'nature’s flying sanitation crew' and play an important part in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions.

When the EU and US score climate points off China, Africa suffers: comment

22 Sep 2022

Africa’s contribution to climate change is historically negligible. Around 15% of the world’s population lives on the continent but contribute less than 3.8% of greenhouse emissions responsible for global warming.

We owe Pakistan climate reparations

21 Sep 2022

It is almost impossible to comprehend the scale of the crisis Pakistan is facing. A third of the country has been flooded, 1400 people killed, one million homes destroyed, and fifty million people—almost the entire population of England—have been displaced from their homes as a result of this ecological crisis.

Climate in your hands: Extinction Rebellion

19 Sep 2022

Attendees of the Climate Change and Business conference, which kicked off at the Aotea Centre in Auckland this morning, were welcomed with banners declaring “Climate is in your hands.”

Research predicts big climate change impacts on marine mammals

19 Sep 2022

Media release - A new Department of Conservation report predicts that climate change could have a major impact on some of New Zealand’s marine mammals.

The climate-driven health crisis

19 Sep 2022

The world is facing a climate change-fueled health crisis — from increased emergency department visits due to heatstroke, exacerbated asthma and even heart attacks to injuries and illness linked to severe storms.

China lost its Yangtze River dolphin. Climate change is coming for other species next

19 Sep 2022

They called it the "Goddess of the Yangtze" -- a creature so rare that it was believed to bring fortune and protection to local fishermen and all those lucky enough to spot it.

From coffee to codfish: The foods that will get more expensive with climate change

19 Sep 2022

A report released by the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES) in May described climate change as an "endemic and widespread" risk to food supplies. This is also exacerbated by rising living costs and the conflict in Ukraine.

Sea-level rise increasing at faster rate around Aotearoa New Zealand

16 Sep 2022

Media Release - Sea levels around Aotearoa New Zealand have risen at a faster rate in recent decades compared with the first half of last century, Stats NZ says.

'The price of our fossil fuel addiction'

16 Sep 2022

Climate impacts are heading into “uncharted territories of destruction”, the head of the UN has warned, as a multi-agency report sets out the scale of the crisis.

US meeting told climate change is major concern for Pacific leaders

16 Sep 2022

Top leaders from across the Pacific are meeting in Honolulu to discuss key issues of mutual concern. Guam is being represented at the high level gathering by Lieutenant Governor Josh Tenorio, who says climate change and the potentially devastating impact on island nations is the biggest concern.

Tropical wetlands emit more methane than previously thought

15 Sep 2022

Since 2007, the world's atmospheric methane concentration has risen at an accelerated rate, but scientists aren't exactly sure why.

Russia’s first climate lawsuit filed over greenhouse emissions

15 Sep 2022

Russia’s first climate lawsuit was filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday by activists who demanded Russia take urgent steps to radically reduce greenhouse gas emissions to meet its obligations under the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Kenya’s new president promises ambitious climate plan

15 Sep 2022

Kenya's newly elected president William Ruto said that climate change will be key to the government's agenda and made an ambitious pledge to ramp up clean energy and phase out fossil fuels for electricity by 2030.

UN warns world is entering ‘uncharted territories of destruction’ from climate crisis

14 Sep 2022

The United Nations is warning that the impacts of global climate change are entering “uncharted territories of destruction” as countries fail to set adequate targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

50 million trapped in modern slavery due to pandemic, war, climate crisis, report finds

13 Sep 2022

From the pandemic to the climate crisis, disasters of the past five years have upended daily life, and a new report shows that in many countries the ensuing economic uncertainty has pushed millions into modern slavery.

Bhutan - 'carbon negative"

13 Sep 2022

As the world’s richest countries fail to meet emissions reductions targets year after year, the small kingdom of Bhutan, tucked away in the Himalayas with a population of less than one million people, became the first country to reach carbon neutrality.