Atmospheric analysis

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

Temperature trends from 1930s to present day

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.

To prepare for changes in climate, our freshwater and oceans decision-makers need information on species vulnerability to climate change.

Scholarships available to both Masters and undergraduate students in the fields of fisheries science and marine biology.

These climate maps are updated daily and are based on data from our National Climate Database.

Greenhouse gases are atmospheric gases that intercept long-wave (mainly infrared) radiation emitted from the Earth's surface.

El Niño accounts for less than 25 percent of the year-to year variance in seasonal rainfall and temperature at most locations in New Zealand.

Find out how you can have access to Earth Science NZ's research vessels to carry out marine research voyages.

Whitianga Wharf sea levels

RV Tangaroa is New Zealand’s only ice strengthened and dynamically positioned deep-water research vessel.