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NIWA crew face record time at sea
Media release21 July 2020Coronavirus border restrictions mean six NIWA staff face four straight months at sea in a bid to keep an international ocean research project afloat. -
Lesson 4: Severe weather
Education ResourceOnce in a while the weather becomes much more dangerous – what meteorologists call severe weather. -
Lesson 10: Our planet is warming
Education ResourceWhen we talk about the future, we often talk about climate change. -
Lesson 7: Climate in Aotearoa
Education ResourceThe climate of New Zealand is incredibly varied for a country of its size. -
Lesson 6: Climate drivers
Education ResourceHave you ever wondered what makes the climate during one season more extreme than another? -
Lesson 3: Weather forecasting
Education ResourceForecasting future weather starts by knowing what the weather is doing right now – everywhere in the world! -
The climate record that keeps getting broken
Media release03 July 2020Among the multitude of New Zealand climate statistics there is one record that continues to be broken month after month. -
Glaciers continue to melt away
Media release24 June 2020Scientists analysing end-of-summer snowline survey photos have estimated that 13 million cubic meters of ice have been lost from just one glacier from 2016 to 2019. -
National Climate Change Risk Assessment
The NCCRA assessment was commissioned by the Ministry for the Environment and has identified the most significant risks we face from climate change. It will feed into the Government’s national adaptation plan. -
Lesson 1: An introduction to weather and meteorology
Education ResourceIs today sunny, cloudy, windy, rainy, or stormy? All of those things are part of the weather... -
Auckland’s drought most extreme in modern times
Media release22 May 2020This is one of the most extreme drought events for Auckland in modern times and similar to one experienced in 1993/94.
