Applied Climate Change

Climate change is the most pressing environmental issue facing humanity.

Te Aka Mātuatua School of Science

We are studying the impacts of climate change on our natural and managed ecosystems, and connecting scientific knowledge with that from other disciplines to ensure we adapt to environmental change.

Below you will find some of our recent research to better understand the impacts and adaptations to climate change, along with the staff who contribute to the Applied Climate Change research theme. Please don't hesitate to get in contact with any of our research staff if you'd like more information or if you think that there might be an opportunity for a new research partnership.

Recent research highlights

Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research, the University of Waikato, and the United States Department of Agriculture maintain a network of soil-climate stations in Antarctica.

Exploring the role of penguins as vectors for contaminant transfer from the marine to terrestrial environment.

pacific dating

Why are we still unable to refine the chronology of NZ colonisation beyond a three tiered model of time?

Is OSSO responsible for an unknown spectral absorbance in the atmosphere of Venus?

radiocarbon log c

Radiocarbon dating will become more accurate with this new calibration curve.

Explore more of our research

Staff contributing to this research theme

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Dr Aaron Wall

Senior Research Officer

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Associate Professor Adam Hartland

Associate Professor

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Dr Andrew Barnes

Senior Lecturer

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Associate Professor Charles Lee

Associate Professor

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Professor Conrad Pilditch

Adjunct Professor Marine Science CP

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Professor David Lowe

Honorary Professor

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Associate Professor Fiona Petchey

Associate Professor

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Dr Hazel Needham

Deputy Academic Team Leader- Marine Science and Aquaculture

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Professor Ian Hawes

Honorary Professor

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Professor Joseph Lane

Pro Vice-Chancellor Division of Health

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Associate Professor Joanne Ellis

Academic Team Leader of Marine Science and Aquaculture

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Associate Professor Julia Mullarney

Academic Team Co-Leader of Earth and Environmental Sciences

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Professor Karin Bryan

Adjunct Professor Marine Science KB

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Dr Kiri Joy Wallace

Research Fellow

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Dr Marcus Wilson

Deputy Team Leader of Chemistry and Applied Physics

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Professor Margaret Barbour

Dean of Te Aka Mātuatua - School of Science

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Associate Professor Michele Prinsep

Academic Team Leader of Chemistry and Applied Physics

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Dr Shari Gallop

Honorary Lecturer

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Dr Tanya O'Neill

Senior Research Fellow

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Dr Terry Isson

Senior Lecturer