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Update on El Niño

21 November 2018
An abnormal El Niño weather event is looking likely for New Zealand over summer, according to NIWA meteorologist Ben Noll.
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Scientists confirm former site of Pink and White Terraces

29 November 2018
The diary and hand-drawn maps of a nineteenth century geologist has enabled NIWA scientists to confirm the former site of the iconic Pink and White Terraces at Lake Rotomahana.
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NIWA joint winner of 2018 Terry Healy Coastal Project Award

27 November 2018
A trio of lead authors from NIWA has been named alongside the Ministry for the Environment and others as joint winner of the 2018 Terry Healy Coastal Project Award.
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6 November 2018

Scientists spy on baby snapper in Hauraki Gulf

NIWA researchers are out on the Hauraki Gulf this week to find out more about the nurseries of young snapper.
30 October 2018
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Volunteers needed to unlock historic weather secrets

NIWA climate scientists are calling for volunteers to unearth weather secrets from the past – including those recorded by members of Captain Robert Scott’s doomed trip to the South Pole in 1912.
29 October 2018
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Scientists studying Weddell seal behaviour in Antarctica

Scientists will be trying to understand how Antarctic-based Weddell seals see the world when they head to the ice next week.
22 October 2018
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Scientists listen to the sound of photosynthesising seaweeds

NIWA scientists are hoping they may one day be able to “listen” to kelp forests in the waters around New Zealand to find out how they are faring.
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The Ocean Vacuum cleaner: Salp bloom effects on the carbon cycle and marine food web

The Ocean Vacuum cleaner: Salp bloom effects on the carbon cycle and marine food web

23 October 2018

The RV Tangaroa headed out to the Chatham Rise on 23 October 2018 for a month long voyage that will focus on the special role sea salps play in carbon cycling, and where they fit in marine food webs off the New Zealand coast.

Volunteers needed to unlock historic weather secrets

Volunteers needed to unlock historic weather secrets

30 October 2018
NIWA climate scientists are calling for volunteers to unearth weather secrets from the past – including those recorded by members of Captain Robert Scott’s doomed trip to the South Pole in 1912.

Drones watch quake aftermath

Drones watch quake aftermath

19 April 2018
NIWA scientists like Leigh Tait were saddened by the human impact of the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake, but he also says that it provided a “massive natural history experiment”.