Ian Bradford: The Planetary Cycles That Affect Our Climate and Weather

A number of articles have mentioned that climate change and weather have always occurred right back in geological time. All occurring long before the existence of humans. For example, how many know that around 232-234 million years ago it rained continuously for between 1 million and 2 million years?

Mike's Minute: Is it time we pull out of Paris?

We adjusted our climate target, or one of our climate targets last week.

Which in and of itself is part of the whole climate debate malaise. There are so many targets involving Paris, or not involving Paris, or timelines.

Alexander Gillespie: NZ report card 2024 - how the country fared in 25 key global and domestic rankings

If it’s good enough for school and university students, it’s good enough for entire countries, too.

This report card provides a snapshot of how New Zealand fared across a wide range of international measures – where it did well, and where there’s room for improvement.