The coastal brownouts quietly suffocating NZ’s marine life
It’s called a brownout event, and it’s pretty bad, but probably not quite in the way you’re thinking.…
NZ cities can’t see the forest or the trees
Our cities are losing their greenery, even as research continues to find that mature trees are crucial to…
Greenwashed AI environmental reports judged more credible than the real thing
When ChatGPT first hit universities, two academics at the University of Auckland’s Business School decided they might as…
How to recycle a house
It was warm and humid on the morning of January 27, 2023, in Auckland, the kind of weather…
The Hauraki Gulf is getting noisier, pushing sea life to the brink
The Hauraki Gulf is doing it tough. This summer, shearwaters struggled to find enough food to feed their…
NZ needs to pay power firms to build renewable generation – professor
New Zealand’s bountiful hydro, wind and geothermal resources made it a pioneer in renewable electricity generation. Yet these sources form…
Want to be on the right side of biodiversity this summer? It’s your choice
Read any recent stocktake of Aotearoa’s world-famous biodiversity and the statistics tell a sobering story. Three quarters of…
The Hauraki Gulf: We made the mess, now we fix it
Picture vast expanses of sub-tidal mussel reefs, enough to cover 80,000 rugby fields, amid clear, unpolluted coastal water.…
Time to kick this marine menace to the kerb
For years, the black, squishy particles confounded researchers surveying Auckland’s coastal waters for microplastic pollution. These ubiquitous fragments…
The deadly threats in our air – and how we can fix them
Opinion: We might think of air pollution as a problem for other places: the smog-shrouded skylines of Asian…
Everyday ways to make your diet better for the planet
Opinion: For many budget-conscious families, spending leaner often beats out buying greener. Surveys have suggested that, though New…