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#WeekendReads
This morning, the United States announced its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement—a deal struck between nations in 2015 to limit the increase of global average temperatures to less than 2°C.
Meanwhile, scientists in New Zealand and Antarctica are working to decipher how the Earth's climate works. They're reading ice cores for clues into the planet's past, and building a model to predict how the climate will behave in the future.
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Rebels with a cause
Teenagers are stereotyped as being fiercely independent and rejecting the status quo, but having a sense of community belonging is in fact critical to their happiness.
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Kōtuku
It's easy to see why the snow-white feathers of the kōtuku, or white heron, became objects of desire. The kōtuku is the bird on our $2 coin.
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Pacific dreaming
To 18th-century Europeans, accustomed to bleak weather, overcrowded cities, soul-destroying work and impoverished diets, Polynesia sounded like Paradise. European painters imposed no restraints on their imaginations when it came to depicting this distant wonderland.
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Reefs of riches
A mysterious and beautiful life form, the Pacific’s coral reefs are challenging the very definition of what makes a species.
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80% OF NATIVE BIRDS IN TROUBLE
Four out of five of the country’s native bird species are in bad shape, and an environment watchdog is recommending genetic engineering and tourist taxes to tackle the problem.
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