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Story: Climate change

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Global influences

  3. Past climate

  4. Global warming

  5. Predicting future climate

  6. Consequences for New Zealand

  7. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Global influences

Earth's climate system

Earth's climate system

New Zealand’s future climate

New Zealand’s future climate

Agricultural gases

Agricultural gases

From page 2 - Past climate

New Zealand’s past land area

New Zealand’s past land area

Global temperatures 1880–2019

Global temperatures 1880–2019

Ice-core drilling

Ice-core drilling

Sediment cores

Sediment cores

From page 3 - Global warming

World Climate Conference

World Climate Conference

‘Forest sinks’

‘Forest sinks’

Recycling

Recycling

From page 4 - Predicting future climate

Supercomputer

Supercomputer

Wellington weather

Wellington weather

From page 5 - Consequences for New Zealand

Temperature forecast for 2100

Temperature forecast for 2100

New Zealand temperature projections to the 2090s

New Zealand temperature projections to the 2090s (1st of 2)

New Zealand rainfall predictions to the 2090s

New Zealand rainfall predictions to the 2090s (2nd of 2)

New Zealand climate projections 2090s

New Zealand climate projections 2090s

How to cite this page:

Brett Mullan, Petra Pearce, Stephen Stuart, Ben Liley and Stacy Mohan, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/climate-change/media (accessed 21 January 2021)

Story by Brett Mullan, Petra Pearce, Stephen Stuart, Ben Liley and Stacy Mohan, published 12 Jun 2006, reviewed & revised 20 Jul 2020

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