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Anchors cause “extensive, persistent” damage to seafloor
Media release12 May 2022High-resolution mapping has produced the first ever global estimates of coastal habitat damage caused by anchoring. -
Survey provides snapshot of harbour’s health
News article10 May 2022Greater Wellington Regional Council regularly assess sediment quality and seafloor community health in the subtidal areas of Te Awarua-o-Porirua (Porirua Harbour) and Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington Harbour). -
Guide explores the benefits of combating marine biofouling
News article10 May 2022NIWA is contributing to an international effort to help developing countries reduce the impact of biofouling on aquatic-based industries and environments. -
Hotspot Watch 6 May 2022
Hotspot06 May 2022A 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. -
Hotspot Watch 29 April 2022
Hotspot29 April 2022A 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. -
Easy access to environmental research data
Media release27 April 2022Identifying unknown organisms, forecasting the weather and understanding the potential impacts of a tsunami. These are all possibilities opened up by a new website that has been built to provide easy access to an enormous range of environmental research data. -
Hotspot Watch 22 April 2022
Hotspot22 April 2022A 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. -
Hotspot Watch 14 April 2022
Hotspot14 April 2022A 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. -
Understanding why our giant glaciers disappeared in the past gives clues to the future
Media release13 April 2022Researchers are studying the moraines around Lake Tennyson to work out why and when the glaciers disappeared. -
Hotspot Watch 8 April 2022
Hotspot08 April 2022A 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. -
Taonga Species Series: Kanae
Feature story08 April 2022What does science tell us about New Zealand mullet? -
NIWA-Nippon Seabed Mapping Project a “rare opportunity” to study effects of Tonga eruption
Media release01 April 2022NIWA and The Nippon Foundation are undertaking a mission to discover the undersea impacts of the recent Tongan volcanic eruption.
