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    The Immolation of Waimate Bush, Canterbury, New Zealand

    by Mike Pole July 24, 2024
    by Mike Pole July 24, 2024

    In the court case following the 1878 fire that virtually annihilated Waimate Bush, a witness described the wind conditions as “a hurricane” …

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    Bob Carter, Greenhouse Warming, and One Alarmed Palaeontologist

    by Mike Pole February 6, 2020
    by Mike Pole February 6, 2020

    I met Bob Carter after one of my fossil-collecting mates, Duncan McLeod, came across some shell fossils in a ‘marl pit’ on …

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    Limestones, Climate Change and Scepticism

    by Mike Pole January 3, 2020
    by Mike Pole January 3, 2020

    What happens when a seal swallows a lump of limestone? *** The broad theme of my back-packing trip last year was to …

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    Sudden Stratospheric Warming Closed my Cafe

    by Mike Pole December 6, 2019
    by Mike Pole December 6, 2019

    The weather around Wanaka, and the broader Otago Lakes area of New Zealand has gone slightly biblical. New Zealand’s National Institute of …

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    Australia – both Greening and Burning?

    by Mike Pole November 16, 2019
    by Mike Pole November 16, 2019

    Once again, the south east of Australia has had huge fires. But how can this be? Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are rising, …

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    How You Can Predict Bushfires in Australia – Four Days Out

    by Mike Pole November 11, 2019
    by Mike Pole November 11, 2019

    Tomorrow, Tuesday Nov 12, 2019 is looking very bad for south-east Australia (especially New South Wales, but also parts of Queensland, Victoria …

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    What’s Happening to New Zealand’s Haast Pass?

    by Mike Pole May 28, 2018
    by Mike Pole May 28, 2018

    It was next morning that I heard the bridge had washed away. I had hammered over it during the night – back …

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  • Curio Bay - New Zealand's Jurassic Fossil Forest

    How Much Carbon Dioxide was in the Atmosphere of New Zealand’s Jurassic Curio Bay Fossil Forest?

    by Mike Pole November 10, 2017
    by Mike Pole November 10, 2017

    How do you figure out how much carbon dioxide was in the atmosphere millions of years ago? In the Jurassic, the fossil …

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    When Frequent-Flying Becomes Insane-Flying

    by Mike Pole April 30, 2017
    by Mike Pole April 30, 2017

    I loved my Singapore Airlines ‘Elite Gold’ card. Suddenly, International airports transitioned from being places where food and drink were wildly overpriced, …

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    Miocene Rain and Fire Forests of Bannockburn

    by Mike Pole December 18, 2016
    by Mike Pole December 18, 2016

    Canungra is the perfect place to stop for a snack on the drive up to O’Reilly’s/Lamington National Park in southeastern Queensland. On …

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