Atmospheric analysis

The main breeding population of NZ sea lions at the Auckland Islands has declined by approximately 50% since the late 1990s.

A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

A breakthrough in understanding about the causes of climate change has today been published online in the prestigious international journal Science.

Ophiactis abyssicola (Sars, 1861) is a very common deep sea species of brittlestar distributed throughout New Zealand waters and in temperate regions in the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans.

NIWA climate scientists studying the diaries of an early English missionary stationed in the Far North have found the oldest surviving long-term instrumental weather records made in New Zealand.

NIWA-developed software is becoming the international standard in the assessment and management of fish stocks.

Across the northern North Island, soil moisture levels have generally remained the same or increased slightly when compared to this time last week.

Gibberula ficula (Murdoch & Suter, 1906) are micro snails in the family Cystiscidae.

A NIWA-led project to tackle coastal acidification in New Zealand.

A long-standing international scientific partnership is being celebrated in Central Otago today.

Scientists are taking some high-tech equipment to Fiordland next week to find out more about what happens when a river meets the ocean.

NIWA scientists are tapping into nature’s archives to understand our abrupt climate changes.