NZ is surrounded by ocean energy. Just what would it take to tap it?Craig Stevens, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Earth Sciences New Zealand
Toxic blooms and invasive clams are forcing a rethink on the Waikato RiverAdam Hartland, Lincoln University, New Zealand
A high-risk bird flu strain is circling the globe. How prepared is NZ?Jemma Geoghegan, University of Otago and Nigel French, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
NZ’s latest push to roll out more EV chargers is a good thing – but can it go the distance?Mingyue Selena Sheng, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Bigger storms, more often: new study projects likely future rainfall impacts on NZMuhammad Fikri Sigid, University of Waikato; Hamish Lewis, University of Waikato, and Luke Harrington, University of Waikato
LNG vs pumped hydro: will NZ choose to import risk or build cleaner resilience?Jen Purdie, University of Otago
What the coming El Niño climate pattern means for NZ in a warming worldJim Salinger, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Distant conflict, local crisis: is this oil shock the wake-up call NZ needed?Murat Ungor, University of Otago
Using your AI chatbot as a search engine? Be careful what you believeKevin Veale, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Driving in the wrong direction: why NZ’s oil consumption is at a 5-year highRobert McLachlan, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
‘Disaster inertia’: why must NZ keep relearning the same lessons from extreme events?Benjamin D Tombs, University of Otago; Judy Lawrence, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, and Rob Bell, University of Waikato
Why exposing young children to AI content could have irreversible consequencesSarah Whitcombe-Dobbs, University of Canterbury
After a summer of weather disasters, will Kiwis make climate an election issue?Sam Crawley, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
The future remains bleak for corals – but not all reefs are doomedChristopher Cornwall, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Orlando Timmerman, University of Cambridge
To help save NZ’s native species, we must move past the extinction blame gameNic Rawlence, University of Otago; Kane Fleury, Tūhura Otago Museum, and Manaia Pearmain-Fenton, University of Otago
Seabirds struggled to raise chicks in the Hauraki Gulf this summer. What happened?Brendon Dunphy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau and Edin Whitehead, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Beyond the beaches, Wellington’s catastrophic sewage spill could be bad news for coastal ecosystemsJames J Bell, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Christopher Cornwall, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, and Ohad Peleg, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
A new space race could turn our atmosphere into a ‘crematorium for satellites’Laura Revell, University of Canterbury; Michele Bannister, University of Canterbury, and Samantha Lawler, University of Regina
Delving into ‘deep time’: what NZ’s ancient past reveals about its presentJames S. Crampton, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Chris Clowes, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, and Kyle J. Bland, Earth Sciences New Zealand
New modelling shows renewable electricity can meet NZ’s future demand – without importing gasAlan Brent, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington