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Hotspot Watch 12 January 2023
Hotspot12 January 2023A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing significant soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought. -
New technology gives sea safety hopes
Media release27 December 2022Beachgoers could be safer thanks to a new technology with the potential to give real-time updates of rip currents. -
Hotspot Watch 16 December 2022
Hotspot16 December 2022A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing significant soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought. -
Protecting people
Feature story15 December 2022Mia Blyth talks to an environmental hazard specialist who feels a very personal connection to his work. -
Bridging the forecasting gap
Feature story15 December 2022Improvements in data and climate science mean forecasters are able to predict patterns much further ahead and in far greater detail. Melissa Bray looks at what this may mean for farmers. -
Hotspot Watch 16 November 2022
Hotspot16 November 2022A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. -
Identifying rip currents using artificial intelligence
Research ProjectNIWA and Surf Life Saving New Zealand are working together to develop a state-of-the-art, rip current identification tool underpinned by artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning technologies. -
"Exceptional" August atmospheric river sets record
Media release25 August 2022NIWA meteorologists say last week’s atmospheric river (AR), which was responsible for widespread devastation in both the North and South Islands, was a record-breaker. -
Explainer: Uncertainties in flood risk assessments
Research ProjectUniversity of Canterbury’s Professor Matthew Wilson, one of the Mā te haumaru ō te wai research team, gives us some insight on uncertainty.weather -
2022 off to a searing start
Media release20 July 2022New Zealand’s weather is proving no exception to the record-breaking extremes occurring around the globe. -
A Hard Rain’s A’Gonna Fall
Feature story31 May 2022Climate change means more intense storm systems are on their way. Science can’t stop it raining, but it can help communities prepare for the worst and plan for the future. -
Hotspot Watch 13 May 2022
Hotspot13 May 2022A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.