By Kevin Trenberth, Distinguished Scholar, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Affiliate Faculty, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Months out from its projected peak, El Niño is already helping push ocean temperatures into record territory.
July brought the highest global sea-surface temperatures ever recorded for that month, partly fuelled by the fast-developing climate pattern. The latest forecasts suggest there is much more to come.
So, what exactly is El Niño, why is this one potentially so significant and what could it mean for New Zealand? Here are five things to know.
El Niño begins with a huge shift in ocean…
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By Reid Kress Weisbord, Distinguished Professor of Law, Rutgers University - Newark
Naomi Cahn, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
The Buss family’s 47-year ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers, 17-time NBA champions, could soon come to an end despite their patriarch’s clear wishes before he died. A group of investors that includes former Disney CEO Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner – the brother of Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law – wants to buy the basketball team for US$12.5 billion.
The pending deal would…
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By Jennifer Lacy-Nichols, Senior Research Fellow in Commercial Determinants of Health, The University of Melbourne
The current system allows powerful actors to attempt to influence government decision-making covertly. To improve transparency, here are four key reforms.
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By Stephanie Wescott, Lecturer in Humanities and Social Sciences, Monash University
Jane Gilmore, PhD Candidate, Monash University
Parents have an important role to play in educating children about consent and relationships. But it can be hard to know where to begin.
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By Elizabeth Morton, Senior Lecturer, Curtin Law School, Curtin University
Lisa Greig, Lecturer in Taxation Law for accountants, The University of Melbourne
When do you need to declare online sales income to the tax office? The answer can be as messy as your wardrobe – so two experts explain what you need to know.
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By Michelle Tye, Associate Professor and Program Head of Youth Suicide Prevention, the Black Dog Institute, UNSW
Having larger in-person networks appeared to protect young people against developing severe depression symptoms. But large online networks had the opposite effect.
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By Monique Rooney, Senior lecturer in literature, Australian National University
Ruth Park’s classic asks us to inhabit the past as a real place – just as 14-year-old Abigail does, when she’s transported from 1980 to 1873, in Sydney’s The Rocks.
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By Bethany Rose Dawson, PhD Candidate, School of Biological Sciences, Adelaide University
Camille Mellin, Senior Lecturer and ARC Future Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, Adelaide University
Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, Adelaide University
This is very bad news for human health but also for the health of other animals in the food web.
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By Radhika Raghav, Teaching Fellow, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Otago; Swinburne University of Technology
Even though he wasn’t a woman, Bal Gandharva’s vision of the ‘traditional wife’ was given supremacy over every other form of womanhood.
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By Andreina Seijas, Lecturer, Urban School, Sciences Po
Summer in Europe is normally cause for celebration. Not this one, however, which will rank as one of the hottest on record. Wildfires have broken out everywhere from France to Greece, while intense drought has turned the grass in London’s famous Hyde Park brown. This week, much of Europe is sweltering through yet…
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