Meet the man who swapped his 30-year plastering career for barbering – and has opened his very own shop in his back garden. David Hollick, 56, spent three decades as a tradesman before he decided he wanted a career change. After enrolling on a barbering course at Tamworth College, David quickly realised he loved cutting … [Read more…]
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Homes in Waihī Beach after floods on May 29. Photo / Alex Cairns Seeing is believing, right? Whether you understand the science, acknowledge the climate models are useful, believe tipping points are fast approaching, accept the World Weather Attribution scientists are finding man’s fingerprint – or not – the extreme weather you are seeing with … [Read more…]
/cloudfront-ap-southeast-2.images.arcpublishing.com/nzme/XDOR57CD2FFDNCILPK6FHAJ6II.jpg "‘Exacerbated by climate change’ – NZ experiences warmest May on record")
By RNZ New Zealand has experienced the warmest May on record, with temperatures at least 2 degrees Celsius higher than average in parts of every region, except Northland. The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) said the nationwide average temperature was 13.1C. Temperatures were exacerbated by climate change, it added. Of the five … [Read more…]
By Ben Talintyre For Daily Mail Australia 07:39 01 Jun 2023, updated 07:39 01 Jun 2023 Climate change protestor causes building to be evacuated Protestor lit smoke flares outside Woodside Energy Headquarters Hundreds of employees have been evacuated after a climate change protestor triggered a hoax gas leak at Australia’s largest independent oil and gas … [Read more…]
/cloudfront-ap-southeast-2.images.arcpublishing.com/nzme/M4YGPGM2S5DHBJLJZDYV65KKLQ.jpeg "Extreme fire: Scientists trigger rare ‘fire devil’ near Twizel in world-first experiment")
They’re nicknamed fire devils – and they’re one of the most dangerous and dramatic features of an extreme fire threat rising each year under climate change. In a world-first, an international team of scientists just managed to create some amid a burning pile of forestry slash in Canterbury – yielding invaluable new data that could … [Read more…]