Global Warming

The floating island planned for French Polynesia is a chance to tackle global warming without politicians, according to a scholar working on the project. Audio

With predictions that the Arctic could be ice-free by 2030, an ambitious geoengineering project aims to create more ice by circulating water using 10 million wind turbines.  Audio

Glaciers around the world are melting and shrinking, but glaciologists have been investigating why some New Zealand glaciers bucked the trend between 1983 and 2005. Video, Audio

West Melton fruit grower Peter Sargeant has had to cancel all his Christmas cherry orders because the season is running so late, but luckily his strawberry crop is ripe for picking and the punnets are… Audio

For the first time ever observed in modern history the sea ice around the Arctic circle shrank during the polar winter. It’s a phenomenon which has alarmed climate scientists like Dr James Renwick… Audio

A summit in Marrakesh this week is meant to put meat on the bones of the Paris Agreement. But with the world's largest emitter electing a President who's on the record as describing man made global… Audio

UK playwright Duncan Macmillan’s highly acclaimed dark comedy Lungs addresses love in unstable times as a couple in their 30s decides what shape their future will take. Arthur Meek stars alongside… Audio

Air pollution is the world's leading environmental risk factor for disease, and it causes early deaths even in clean countries such as New Zealand. Audio

Kathryn Ryan speaks to glaciologist Trevor Chinn on the rapid shrinkage of the country's glaciers. The central Southern Alps has lost a quarter of its ice in recent decades and stands to lose another… Audio

Clare Jones will spend four more months in NZ, soaking in the flora and fauna, which drives her poetry. The Fulbright scholar has been attending Victoria University and explores ecology, Darwinism and… Audio