Tears, cheers and a timely celebration of good, meaningful science
Veronika Meduna watches the gongs get handed out at last night's big Prime Minister's Science Prize ceremony.
Veronika Meduna
Veronika Meduna is a science, environment and medical writer and broadcaster with a particular interest in wild places, and the author of Science on Ice: Discovering the Secrets of Antarctica.
‘There’s a lot at stake here.’ US Antarctic expert Eric Rignot on climate science in the age of Trump
US-based glaciologist Eric Rignot is in New Zealand this week to talk about polar ice sheets and their potential to add to predicted sea level rise. He tells Veronika Meduna that it’s more important than ever to discuss climate science and what it’s like to be a climate scientist during the Trump presidency.
Antarctica’s great apron of sea ice just issued the world with a bold message. Now to work out what that message is
As New Zealand’s Scott Base celebrates 60 years of science on ice, Veronika Meduna looks at one of Antarctica’s most puzzling features – the wayward behaviour of sea ice around the continent.
