A global study finds that most people hold relatively high levels of trust in scientists, with New Zealanders ranking 9th ...

Healthcare systems around the world should rethink how they diagnose obesity, according to an international expert group that ...

Switching up our building materials could store more than 16 billion tonnes of CO2 annually, according to a new study in Science. A team of US researchers calculated that fully replacing conventional ...

2024 was New Zealand’s 10th-warmest year on record, according to NIWA’s annual climate summary for 2024. Of New Zealand’s 10 warmest years on record, eight have occurred since 2013. The summary says ...

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‘Siloed thinking’ is holding back solutions to biodiversity, human health, climate change, water, and food security, according to a new […] ...

Climate Change Minister Simon Watts released the Government’s new climate strategy this morning. The strategy outlines five ‘core pillars’ to tackle the impacts of climate change […] ...

We know that these requests can come out of the blue sometimes and researchers are often unsure what exactly we’re asking for, so here are some more details.