Atmospheric analysis

Tsunami is a Japanese word meaning great wave in harbour.

A handful of species we work on

Confused about El Niño, or can't tell the difference between an Anticyclone and an Isobar? Let us help.

Opportunities for students

The WASH Koro project Mobilising community-led water supply, sanitation and hygiene improvements in Fijian villages is a collaborative participatory project that aims to provide self-help tools to mobilise communities to recognise and address their own water supply, sanitation and health/hygiene needs.

Station height is in metres above mean sea level. Years of data are the number of complete years of data for the 1981 – 2010 period.

Mountainous areas are subject to heavy snowfalls, high winds, and low temperatures. Semi-permanent snow and ice fields exist at about 1000-1100 metres during winter.

All species of freshwater tuna spawn at sea, although the spawning grounds of only four species are known with certainty worldwide.

Up-to-date drought indicator maps are shown here.

Ocean acidification is the name given to the lowering of pH of the oceans as a result of increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere.