Atmospheric analysis

Changes in soil moisture levels across the North Island vary when compared to this time last week, with a mixture of both increased and decreased moisture.

Takahē Valley in the Murchison Mountains is home to a successful Takahē recovery project run by the Department of Conservation.

Despite our growing understanding of the role of Antarctica in driving global climate regimes and regional patterns of marine diversity, the distribution and connectivity among deep-sea species across the Southern Ocean remain poorly known.

NIWA’s Lauder Atmospheric Research Station, near Alexandra in Central Otago, is part of a select group of research stations with GRUAN-certified measurement programmes.

NIWA environmental monitoring technicians Evan Baddock and Eric Stevens venture deep into Fiordland, NZ to monitor river and lake levels in the area.

Drawing fish is a lot harder than you might think, explains NIWA’s scientific illustrator.

Niwa meteorologists continue to cast a watchful eye over two strengthening tropical cyclones in the South Pacific.

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