Climate Present and Past

Published: 
5 May 2015

Aoraki Mt Cook showing Tasman and Hooker's glaciers. 

Climate Present and Past is a core-funded project under NIWA's National Climate Centre in the Climate Observations programme.  Our work explores recent and historical climate data to track past variability and changes in climate through a range of approaches. 

Page last updated: 
4 October 2016

Overview and objectives

Overview and objectives of the Climate Present and Past project.

Outputs and accomplishments

Outputs and accomplishments partly or fully funded under the Climate Present and Past project in recent years.

People

Key people involved in Climate Present & Past, including our external research partners.

Southwest Pacific climate

Our southwest Pacific research focuses on recent and historic climate and weather activity, including our involvement in ACRE Pacific data rescue.

New Zealand climate

New Zealand climate research in Climate Present and Past focuses on trends, extremes, and variability of rainfall, temperature and atmospheric circulation.

Palaeoclimate

NIWA conducts a wide range of paleoclimate research to help us define and understand what the climate was doing before we had instruments to record it.

Historic climate

An overview of historical climate work completed under Climate Present and Past project.

Southern Alps glaciers

Long-term photographic documentation of Southern Alps glacier responses to climate variability and change.

AQUA 2016 biennial meeting

Information about the Australasian Quaternary Association conference that was held in Auckland in December 2016.

C3S Data Rescue Workshop & 10th ACRE Meeting 2017

The C3S (Copernicus Climate Change Service) Data Rescue Capacity Building Workshop and the 10th ACRE (Atmospheric Circulation Reconstruction over Earth) Meeting was held in Auckland from 4-8 December 2017.