Atmospheric analysis

One of our main tasks for this voyage is to better understand the geographic distribution - biogeography - of Antarctic organisms in the western Ross Sea, from the frozen coast out onto the continental shelf at 500m deep.

We have now visited 23 separate sites in these coastal areas, albeit some of them very close together. Every time we visit a new site, we first need to map the seafloor as we are working in unchartered coastal waters.

Traits are defined as the components of organisms that can be measured and have an effect on ecosystem functioning. Examples of traits include the behaviour, life history, morphology, and physiology characteristics

Casal2 is an advanced software package developed by NIWA for modelling the population dynamics of marine species.

Downloadable and printable guides on identification of common freshwater invertebrates found in New Zealand waterways and lakes.

NIWA’s Stream Health Monitoring Assessment Kit (SHMAK) gives land owners, iwi, school and community groups simple, scientifically-sound tools and resources to monitor the ecological health of New Zealand’s streams.

A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

We are now halfway through our Antarctic mission and the past two and a half weeks have been marked by feelings of excitement, anticipation, and trepidation.

January was Auckland's wettest month since records began, according to meteorologists. The Central Auckland Rainfall series recorded a total of 539 mm of rain at Albert Park, smashing the previous monthly record of 420 mm from February 1869.

A NIWA-led research programme developing a system to map flood hazard consistently across the whole country.

RiskScape is a software application for analysing natural hazard consequences.

Balancing the sustainability of our fisheries stocks and the impacts of fishing on the environment with the economic opportunities