Drought forecasting dashboard
NIWA and MPI are working together to develop a new drought forecasting tool. It uses innovative climate modelling, the latest in machine learning and other data-driven techniques to predict rainfall 35 days ahead. It will help farmers and growers better prepare for periods of dryness and drought.
Climate and weather
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Improving access to NIWA's climate data - Summer of eResearch 2012
Summer of eResearch 2012 has funded a project to prototype an open, readily-accessible web interface for NIWA's National Climate Database, which collects and stores all of the information collected by NIWA's network of climate sensors and stations. -
Summer Series 2: Get summer sorted with NIWA’s online summertime toolkit
News article04 January 2013Whether you're at the beach, in the bach, on the boat or by the barbecue, summer holiday fun hinges on knowing when conditions outside will be favourable and not-so-favourable for the activities you have in mind. -
Southwest Pacific Tropical Cyclone Outlook: Near average or slightly above average numbers for many islands likely, and increased activity in the late season near Tonga and Niue
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Scientists discover abrupt increase in CO2 uptake by the land biosphere
News article12 July 2012Scientists have discovered an abrupt increase in the uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide by the land biosphere since1988. Without this natural increase in uptake, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would probably have increased even more rapidly over the last two decades. -
First-of-its-kind climate change toolbox to assess impacts on the urban environment
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Antarctic Climate Change
Antarctica sea ice and climate change -
Sea ice and climate change
Importance of Antarctic sea ice in Earth's ocean systems and climate change -
Climate Change and Deepsea Life
Dr Dave Bowden outlines concerns over the impacts of climate change on deepsea life in Antarctic waters.
