Drought forecasting dashboard
NIWA and MPI are working together to develop a new drought forecasting tool. It uses innovative climate modelling, the latest in machine learning and other data-driven techniques to predict rainfall 35 days ahead. It will help farmers and growers better prepare for periods of dryness and drought.
Climate and weather
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Scientists discover abrupt increase in CO2 uptake by the land biosphere
News article12 July 2012Scientists have discovered an abrupt increase in the uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide by the land biosphere since1988. Without this natural increase in uptake, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would probably have increased even more rapidly over the last two decades. -
First-of-its-kind climate change toolbox to assess impacts on the urban environment
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Antarctic Climate Change
Antarctica sea ice and climate change -
Sea ice and climate change
Importance of Antarctic sea ice in Earth's ocean systems and climate change -
Climate Change and Deepsea Life
Dr Dave Bowden outlines concerns over the impacts of climate change on deepsea life in Antarctic waters. -
Phytoplankton and Climate Change
Role of Southern Ocean as Earth's carbon sink -
Subantarctic Oceanography
Understanding the influence of the world's largest current - the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) -
Antarctic & Southern Ocean Climate
Climate systems in Antarctica & Southern Ocean