Atmospheric analysis

The burning question of winter is attracting international air quality scientists to Wellington later this month to design a large scale joint research programme.

Approved by the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, New Zealand was made sovereign over 1.7 million square kilometres of seafloor

One of the most common barriers encountered by juvenile fish during their upstream migration are ‘perched’ culverts. This occurs when erosion downstream of a poorly installed culvert results in a drop forming at the end of the culvert.

A NIWA scientist with an international reputation as an outstanding leader in marine ecological field experiments was last night awarded the prestigious New Zealand Marine Sciences Society (NZMSS) Award.

A series of low pressure systems will trek across the Tasman from tonight into the weekend, resulting in locally heavy rain and the potential for flooding and slips for the east of the North Island.

At the edge of the advancing winter sea ice in the Ross Sea, a first-ever winter fisheries survey has uncovered new secrets of the Antarctic toothfish.

The Deep South National Science Challenge today announced new funding for seven new scientific research projects to help New Zealanders better understand their future climate.

Marine scientists are proving they know that it takes good bait to catch a big audience.

The discovery of diaries of an English missionary living in Northland in the 1800s reveals him as New Zealand’s first meteorologist.