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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’ve heard the gravity changes when Antarctica melts will lower the seas around New Zealand. Will that save us from sea level rise? The gravitational changes when Antarctica melts do indeed affect sea levels all over the world — but not...

HMNZS Aotearoa, the navys huge new supply ship, arrives home for first time 21 Apr, 2021 07:44 AM 5 minutes to read HMNZS Aotearoa arrives in New Plymouth. Photo / New Zealand Defence Force RNZ By Robin Martin of RNZ The Royal New Zealand Navys newest and largest-ever ship HMNZS Aotearoa has made its first visit to its ceremonial home port in New Plymouth today. The $450 million supply ship came into service last year and at 173m long it can carry 10.5 million litres of fuel - or enough to "top...

HMNZS Aotearoa has made its first visit to its ceremonial home port in New Plymouth today. HMNZS Aotearoa arrives in New Plymouth. Photo: New Zealand Defence Force The $450 million supply ship came into service last year and at 173m long it can carry 10.5 million litres of fuel - or enough to top up a frigate almost 14 times. It steamed into Port Taranaki this morning. The trip out to Aotearoa did not have an auspicious beginning with Able Seaman Leon Cooper issuing a rather chilling safety br...

MERIDIAN ENERGY/SUPPLIED Daryn Te Kere, a Meridian wind technician from Wellington spent his summer in the coldest place on the planet. While most Kiwis spent the summer sunning themselves at the countrys beaches and campgrounds, Daryn Te Kere, a Meridian Wind Technician from Wellington headed to the coldest place on the planet. Te Keres mission was to perform maintenance on one of New Zealands quiet climate success stories, the worlds southernmost wind farm on Ross Island in Antarctica. Buil...

Scientists discover Asteroid impact in Antarctica when Neanderthals were roaming Europe 430,000 years ago It was 430,000 years ago, during the middle of the Pleistocene epoch when the earliest Neanderthals were roaming across Europe that the asteroid had hit the Antarctic Scientists Drill 3,500 Feet Into Antarctic Ice To Find A Mysterious Subglacial Lake A research team studying tiny particles found in Antarctica have uncovered evidence of  an asteroid impact in Antarctica 430,000 years ago, u...

Government must decide: Rebuild the Antarctic base or leave Antarctica NZ in the cold.

Government must decide: Rebuild the Antarctic base or leave Antarctica NZ in the cold.

“Beaked whales are known for being incredibly elusive, so it is very exciting for the Scott Base team to be offered the rare chance to see these cryptic animals,” she said. McGaw said the “boom” of their bodies hitting the water echoed around Pram Point on the southeastern side of Hut Point Peninsula. The animals can grow to around 10 metres in length. “We weren’t sure exactly what type of whale they were, so the base was buzzing with discussion following the sighting,” McGaw s...

Colin Monteath/Supplied Scott Base, Antarctica, with a steaming Mt Erebus in the background. Antarctica NZ has asked for $250 million to rebuild the base almost entirely. Parts of Scott Base are creaking at the seams and the whole thing needs to be rebuilt. But there are too many bases on Antarctica, especially those belonging to Northern Hemisphere nations, writes Colin Monteath. OPINION: Rebuilding New Zealand’s Scott Base on Ross island to meet the demands of a modern science programme is ...

Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua chair Dame Naida Glavish says it is not disputing Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei’s claim to hold...