Perhaps the most surprising thing about Nothofagus leaf fossils in New Zealand is – not finding them. Nothofagus is another name for the southern …
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Palaeobotany & Palaeoclimate
Blue Lake, St Bathans – the most biodiverse Miocene fossil plant locality
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThe biodiversity of Blue Lake, at St Bathans, New Zealand, is precisely zero. It is an artificial lake partly filling a hole …
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Palaeobotany & Palaeoclimate
Giant Pea Pod fossils in New Zealand’s Miocene
by Mike Poleby Mike PolePea pod fossils in New Zealand were first found by Aline Holden, a pioneer of New Zealand plant fossil research. She found …
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Palaeobotany & Palaeoclimate
The Fossil Palm Swamps of Central Otago, New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleOne of the endearing memories I have during my PhD was working on the banks above the Kawarau River near Cromwell (Central …
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The first time I came to Brisbane in the hot part of the year – I couldn’t believe how anyone could survive …
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Climate & Earth Systems
Four Degrees of Climate Change in New Zealand – should we care?
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleNew Zealand might be a relatively lucky position as regards global warming. We mostly have a moderate, ‘maritime’ climate. Not too hot, …
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Biogeography & Vegetation
Flooded Forests: sea-level rise in the Haast, West Coast, New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleI own a little patch of bush in the Haast, on the wet, West Coast of New Zealand. It was selectively logged …
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Biogeography & Vegetation
Matai- vanquished giant of New Zealand’s dry forests?
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleI’ve long found New Zealand’s black pine, the matai (Prumnopitys taxifolia) to be a special tree. From a dishevelled juvenile, It can …
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Climate & Earth Systems
Thin Ice? Climate change in Alexandra and skating on the Manorburn Dam
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleGrowing up in Alexandra (Central Otago, New Zealand) in the early 1970s it was the family thing to go ice skating on …
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