Tagged: sea level rise

Featured image: Exploring Antarctica’s hidden under-ice rivers and their role in future sea-level rise

Exploring Antarctica’s hidden under-ice rivers and their role in future sea-level rise - The Changing Climate

Guest Author • Feb 14, 2022 •

Huw Joseph Horgan, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Craig Stevens, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Underneath Antarctica’s vast ice sheets there’s a network of rivers and lakes. This is possible because of the insulating blanket of ice above, the flow of heat from within the Earth, and the small amount of heat generated as … Read More

Featured image: A significant number of New Zealanders overestimate sea-level rise — and that could stop them from taking action

A significant number of New Zealanders overestimate sea-level rise — and that could stop them from taking action - Hot off the press

Guest Author • Jul 13, 2021 •

Rebecca Priestley, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Richard Levy, GNS Science; Taciano L. Milfont, University of Waikato; Timothy Naish, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, and Zoë Heine, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington   Following a recent storm surge in Wellington, some media coverage expressed surprise that 30cm of sea-level rise … Read More

Featured image: Managing retreat: why New Zealand is drafting a new law to enable communities to move away from climate risks

Managing retreat: why New Zealand is drafting a new law to enable communities to move away from climate risks - The Changing Climate

Guest Author • Apr 07, 2021 •

Catherine Iorns, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The government’s recently announced overhaul of major environmental legislation will result in a new law focused solely on climate change adaptation. The 30-year-old Resource Management Act (RMA) was groundbreaking when it was passed in 1991 — the first in the world to be based on the concept of … Read More

Featured image: When climate change and other emergencies threaten where we live, how will we manage our retreat?

When climate change and other emergencies threaten where we live, how will we manage our retreat? - The Changing Climate

Guest Author • Mar 08, 2021 •

Christina Hanna, University of Waikato; Bruce Glavovic, Massey University, and Iain White, University of Waikato Despite living in dynamic environments and facing an uncertain future due to climate change, New Zealanders generally expect their land and property rights will endure indefinitely. But little stays the same. As last week’s offshore earthquakes and tsunami alerts reminded us, our coasts and … Read More

Featured image: Humans have dealt with plenty of climate variability

Humans have dealt with plenty of climate variability - Climate: Explained

Guest Author • Sep 23, 2020 •

Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send it to climate.change@stuff.co.nz How much climate variability have humans dealt with since we evolved and since we started settling (Neolithic … Read More

Featured image: Why coastal floods are becoming more frequent as seas rise

Why coastal floods are becoming more frequent as seas rise - Climate: Explained

Guest Author • Nov 20, 2019 •

Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send it to climate.change@stuff.co.nz I saw an article claiming that “king tides” will increase in frequency as sea level … Read More

Featured image: Ice melt in Greenland and Antarctica predicted to bring more frequent extreme weather

Ice melt in Greenland and Antarctica predicted to bring more frequent extreme weather - Guest Work

Guest Author • Feb 07, 2019 •

Nick Golledge, Victoria University of Wellington Last week, rivers froze over in Chicago when it got colder than at the North Pole. At the same time, temperatures hit 47℃ in Adelaide during the peak of a heatwave. Such extreme and unpredictable weather is likely to get worse as ice sheets at both poles continue to melt. Our … Read More

Featured image: Funding science journalism in Aotearoa

Funding science journalism in Aotearoa - Lately, In Science

Sarah-Jane O'Connor • Jul 23, 2018 •

The Aotearoa New Zealand Science Journalism Fund is now in its third round, with applications closing this week, which seems like a good time to celebrate some of the great journalism that’s been enabled by the fund. It’s the first independent journalism fund dedicated to furthering coverage of the science-related issues that impact New Zealanders. Dr Rebecca Priestley, winner … Read More

Featured image: The challenge and importance of predicting sea-level rise

The challenge and importance of predicting sea-level rise - Guest Work

Guest Author • Feb 06, 2017 •

By Prof Tim Naish, Director of the Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University Wellington By the end of the century it is predicted that rising sea-level will directly impact more than 200 million people around the world. The damage to property and infrastructure, groundwater, and the prospect of widespread displacement of people will indirectly affect every one of us on this … Read More