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New Zealanders are likely to spend considerable time outdoors this summer, with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) predicting warm and dry conditions across most of the motu.

Microbes - such as those living in wetlands, landfills or the digestive tracts of livestock – are behind unprecedented spikes in methane emissions.

A new species has been named after favourite Wellington brewpub Fork and Brewer

NIWA is using machine learning to forecast flood inundation in a fraction of the time required to run physical models. 

The rapid impact assessment tool provides a scenario model framework to rapidly assess natural hazard exposure or impacts.

Researchers created national sea-level risk profiles for populations, buildings, croplands & infrastructure under present & future climate scenarios.

A mystery specimen has been identified as a species never documented in New Zealand waters.

NIWA is pleased with the announcement today by the Science, Innovation and Technology Minister of the Government’s response to a recent review of New Zealand’s weather forecasting system.

Scientists have found a new ghost shark that lives exclusively in the deep waters of Australia and New Zealand. 

NIWA has been awarded $10.2m to eradicate an invasive clam that was only recently discovered in New Zealand waters.

A new NIWA-led study has found that climate change increased the amount of total rainfall during Cyclone Gabrielle by 10%.

NIWA’s new research vessel, Kaharoa II, will be in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park/ Ko te Pataka kai o Tīkapa Moana Te Moananui-ā-Toi over the next three weeks, filming underwater habitats.