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Nunavut’s St. Patrick Bay ice caps are gone, but not forgotten - ArcticToday
Nunavut’s St. Patrick Bay ice caps are gone. Once located on the Hazen Plateau of northeastern Ellesmere Island, the two ice caps were where a 22-year-old grad student named Mark Serreze got his first taste of the Arctic. “It’s kind of a sad little...
James Renwick
“You think of them as permanent things, an ice cap is an ice cap, and to think that they would die out, it kind of blows me away.” @MarkSerreze
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New study warns: We have underestimated the pace at which the Arctic is melting
Arctic sea ice is melting more quickly than once assumed. Today's climate models have yet to incorporate the steep rise in temperatures that have occurred over the past 40 years. This, according to a new study by researchers at the University of...
James Renwick
"Our analyses of Arctic Ocean conditions demonstrate that we have been clearly underestimating the rate of temperature increases ... which has ultimately caused sea ice to disappear faster than we had anticipated" @JeHeChr
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Ban ads for polluting large cars, report says
A new campaign says the government should ban adverts for large cars like sports utility vehicles.
James Renwick
"...the government should clamp down on sports utility vehicle (SUV) car adverts in the way it curbed smoking ads" - sounds good to me.
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Squat lobster memoir hot off the press
After a decade-long effort, NIWA’s latest Biodiversity Memoir has just rolled off the presses. Written by marine biologist Kareen Schnabel, the 350-page treatise presents everything we currently know about the different kinds of squat lobster living...
Two Cents' Worth: The suburban solar conundrum
Solar panels, electricity storage batteries, smart household gadgets, and a boring looking black box are set to change forever how our electricity system works.
James Renwick
Very nice article from @NikkiMandow - “Installing rooftop solar creates more jobs per megawatt than other clean energy.”
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Coronavirus: Aucklanders must 'Be Kind' as economic fallout brings tough times
OPINION: As the end of the wage subsidy nears, a new challenge faces Aucklanders as many face a future without a job.
“The 20-minute city” – The city of the future?
It started in Portland, Oregon. It was picked up by Melbourne. Now it might be coming to a neighbourhood near you. It’s the “20 Minute City” and Professor Iain White is doing his best to bring the …
Concern for merchant sailors stranded in NZ waters
Maritime unions are worried about the deteriorating treatment, mental health, and employment conditions of an estimated 300,000 merchant sailors stranded at sea, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Mission to Seafarers' Wellington chaplain, Reverend...
Covid 19 coronavirus: Study reveals how virus came to New Zealand
Scientists find no evidence Covid-19 was in NZ before first case was reported in February.
Border workers need unlimited sick leave - Professor Shaun Hendy
Workers on the front line of New Zealand's border at airports, isolation and quarantine facilities should get unlimited sick leave to help keep Covid-19 out of the community, Professor Shaun Hendy says.
Hendy is one of the authors of a paper...
James Renwick
"...we think that's what happened in Melbourne, Victoria, maybe just one or two interactions between workers and infected people who were isolated that led to the big outbreak." Great interview with @hendysh
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June Bacon-Bercey: Pioneering Meteorologist and Passionate Supporter of Science - Eos
Bacon-Bercey redefined the role of the television meteorologist, blazing trails for African Americans and endowing an AGU scholarship for women studying atmospheric science.
Solar energy breakthrough could transform windows
Cells are more environmentally friendly and cheaper to produce than traditional silicon-based technology
Glacier collapse risk forces Italy Alps evacuation
Dozens of people are moved from an area below a weakened Mont Blanc glacier.
James Renwick
"... the heatwave had accelerated the glacier's melting rate, pushing it as high as 50-60cm a day."
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Lockdown climate benefits not lasting, scientists warn
Reduced emissions during lockdown will not produce lasting benefits without further action, a leading climate change policy expert says.
James Renwick
"The short-lived behaviour change which reduced emissions during lockdown will not produce lasting climate benefits if we remain locked into fossil-fuel-dependent pathways" @SilverLiningGS
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