Atmospheric analysis

Weekly update to help media assess likelihood of extremely dry weather preceding a drought. Regions experiencing severely to extremely drier than normal soils conditions are deemed “hotspots”.

Our journey is slowly coming to an end. The past five weeks has passed so quickly and I have loved every moment of it.

At the base of the ocean’s food chain are algae. Algae feed the krill that feed the whales.

Today marked the last official day of science here in the Ross Sea. The ship has now been turned north and the 8 day steam back to Wellington has begun.

The mottled brittle star Ophionereis fasciata, known as weki huna in Māori, lives under rocks in the low intertidal or shallow subtidal right around New Zealand.

Ice pilot Scott Laughlin is on the New Zealand - Australia Antarctic Ecosystems Voyage to guide RV Tangaroa through the Antarctic waters.

A research voyage in Antarctic waters faces the tyranny of distance and ice during every hour of the six-week voyage.

Water in the Blue Lake is the clearest freshwater ever reported.

Each March, oyster lovers descend on the catch of Bluff’s best bivalves – a seasonal delicacy from one of the last remaining wild oyster fisheries on the planet.

In his last update, NIWA project leader Dr Richard O’Driscoll talks about the challenging search for whales in foggy and icy conditions.

A state-of-the-art underwater research glider has been unveiled by NIWA scientists in Wellington.

Serious flooding often causes major problems for those living near the Nadi river basin in Fiji.