Atmospheric analysis

Improvements in data and climate science mean forecasters are able to predict patterns much further ahead and in far greater detail. Melissa Bray looks at what this may mean for farmers.

NIWA Chief Executive John Morgan asks whether New Zealanders are doing enough to prepare for what lies ahead.

Initial data suggests careful handling of released snapper could help fishers save thousands of fish annually.

A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing significant soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought.

Coastal waters around Aotearoa New Zealand became unusually warm last month, say NIWA.

A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing significant soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought.

Scholl Deep is the deepest known point of the Kermadec Trench, which lies to the north of New Zealand.

A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing significant soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought.

A New Zealand-led team has completed the fullest investigation to date into January’s eruption of the underwater Tongan volcano.

A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

In the latest NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, researchers examined and registered over 250 sponge specimens in the family Latrunculiidae, discovering 14 new species and 1 new fossil species.

An interactive guide to the barnacles of New Zealand.