Climate
From Our Changing World
Join geologists and glaciologists as they drill deep into sediment or ice to study past climates and learn about the implications of today’s climate change for the future.
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‘Melting ice & rising seas’ team wins PM Science Prize
2 Jul 2020A team finding links between melting ice sheets in Antarctica and rising sea levels in NZ has won the 2019 Prime Minister's Science Prize. Audio
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Old ice gives insights into future sea level rise
8 Nov 2018Melting polar ice will be the biggest contributor to sea level rise in future - but will it come from Greenland or Antarctica? Audio
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Antarctica's ice is melting
21 Jun 2018Research reveals new evidence about past, present and future impacts of climate change on Antarctica's ice. Audio
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Future of sea level rise science
John Church, an expert on sea level rise and one of the scientists who could lose his job at CSIRO, discusses how ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are contributing to sea level rise now and in… Audio
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Antarctic ice unstable in high-carbon scenario
Antarctic researchers warn that the giant East Antarctic ice sheet could melt if carbon dioxide levels exceed 600ppm.
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Antarctica's ice sheets more sensitive to warming
An international team of scientists found that Antarctica's land-based ice sheets are more vulnerable to rising temperatures than they previously thought. Audio
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Antarctic glacier's past rapid retreat
Research published today provides the first geological evidence for the potential of runaway ice loss in Antarctica. Audio
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Antarctica's contribution to sea level rise
New research confirms that Antarctica will contribute sigificantly to future sea level rise unless greenhouse gas emissions are curbed from 2020 onwards. Audio
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East Antarctica not a 'sleeping giant'
An expedition to east Antarctica's Totten glacier returns with evidence suggesting that east Antarctica may not be as resistant to melting as once thought. Audio
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Climate Lessons From Antarctica
Rob DeConto is an ice-sheet and climate modeller, and he warns that if polar ice sheets melt global sea level could rise by 60 metres Audio
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Melting Ice, Rising Sea
A discussion about the role of Antarctica's ice sheets in future sea-level rise, recorded during World Science Week New Zealand Audio
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Antarctic Time Travel and Past Climates
Students from Aranui High Scool discuss Antarctica's role in the world's climate with scientists whose research is part of the Antarctic Time Travel exhibition Audio
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Melting Glaciers in West Antarctica
New Zealand climate scientists discuss the consequences of the irreversible melting of glaciers in West Antarctica. Audio
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Fossil Plants and Polar Climates
3 Oct 2013Palaeoclimate scientist Jane Francis explains how Antarctic plant fossils help her to chart the continent's journey to the South Pole Audio
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Melting Ice Cores from the RICE Project
8 Aug 2013A 760 metre long ice core is being melted to provide climate information going back more than 40,000 years Audio
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Climate and Ozone
5 Sep 2013NIWA scientist Olaf Morgenstern is building a next-generation climate model which incorporates ozone depletion Audio
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The Antarctic RICE Project
12 Jul 2012Ice cores collected from Roosevelt Island hold secrets to how ice sheets could melt in a warming world Audio
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Core reveals five million years of Antarctic climate history
19 Mar 2009An Antarctic sediment core that covers five million years of climate history reveals disappearance of world's largest ice shelf. Audio
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Ice Cores
19 Apr 2007A grand opening for the southern hemisphere's first ice core research facility. Audio
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Science: The Antarctic Drilling Project
7 Dec 2006Tim Naish - The Antarctic Research Centre at Victoria University. Audio
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Antarctic Research
21 Dec 2006Glaciologist Nancy Bertler prepares to study icecores from Mt Erebus. Audio
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Climate Change and Antarctica (Science)
2 Mar 2006The last episode in a three-part series about climate change explores the impacts of past climate changes on Antarctica's ice sheets. Audio
A collection of Our Changing World stories about Antarctica.
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More about Antarctica on Radio New Zealand
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Pole To Pole
A three-part documentary series marking the International Polar Year 2007-2008. -
Nine to Noon in Antarctica
Kathryn Ryan visits Scott Base and meets scientists researching climate change.
