The Jurassic fossil forests at Curio Bay, southern New Zealand, have been known for at least a hundred and fifty years. They …
Palaeobotany & Palaeoclimate
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Biogeography & Vegetation
Are the consequences of a fire in Tasmania 3,600 years ago, still present?
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleSitting a little above the more famous lake of Cradle Mountain National Park , Tasmamia – Dove Lake, is Wombat Pool. Some …
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Autobiography & Travel
Ukraine: War and Wonders – Ukraine’s Womanly Face of War
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleSvetlana Alexievich’s book ‘The Unwomanly Face of War’ is one of the most impactful I’ve ever read. The book is a series …
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Palaeobotany & Palaeoclimate
The Jurassic fossil soils of Curio Bay, and Fortrose-Otara, New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleSoils “lie at the interface between earth, air, water, and life” (Needelman, 2013). They are constantly evolving in response to what is …
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Biogeography & Vegetation
The Last Tree in Papanui Bush. And that last palm tree on Easter Island
by Mike Poleby Mike Pole“What did the kiwi bloke say while cutting down the last tree in Papanui Bush?” Here, I’m just re-phrasing of the question …
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Autobiography & Travel
The Invincible Children of Kharkiv – Musicians in the ‘City without Windows’
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleKharkiv, in the far north-east of Ukraine, has been described as ‘a city without windows’ (Mayor Ihor Terekhov in a Twitter post …
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A hollow tree stump at the Jurassic fossil forest of Curio Bay, New Zealand. The inside of the stump (the wood is …
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Archaeology, History & Culture
Geography and the Bronze Age Battle at Tollense, Germany
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleOne of the beauties of modern archaeological technique is the ability to analyse ancient battle, or massacre sites, in a forensic way. …
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Biogeography & Vegetation
Was there a Forest before Central Otago’s Kowhai Forest?
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleWhen humans arrived in New Zealand, a bit over 700 years ago (Wilmshurst et al., 2008; Jacomb et al., 2014), it seems …
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Biogeography & Vegetation
Dunedin’s Saddlebacks/Tieke and Yellowheads/Mopua
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleAmateur field observations of species can be priceless. A local Dunedin man (Peter Thomson, 1823-1879), using the pen-name ‘Pakeha’, wrote several accounts …
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