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Meeting the challenge of ocean acidification
Feature story01 February 2016New Zealand’s answer to ocean acidification is a model of the ‘best team’ approach – when organisations pool talent and resources to find solutions to national, or global, issues.] -
NIWA's Hotspot Watch
Hotspot29 January 2016A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. -
NIWA's Hotspot Watch
Hotspot22 January 2016Over the past week, soil moisture levels across the North Island have mostly remained the same or increased. -
NIWA's Hotspot Watch
Hotspot15 January 2016A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing these soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought. -
NIWA's Hotspot Watch
Hotspot08 January 2016Soil moisture levels across the North Island have increased significantly when compared to this time last week for eastern Northland, Auckland and Waikato regions where soil moisture levels are now normal to above normal for this time of year. -
NIWA's Hotspot Watch
Hotspot24 December 2015This weekly update describes soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. -
NIWA's Hotspot Watch
Hotspot18 December 2015Soil moisture levels across the North Island have stayed largely unchanged when compared to this time last week with the exception of the Manawatu-Wanganui region and Central Hawke’s Bay where soil moisture decreased -
Summer Series Week 1: A year of weather
News article15 December 2015There were floods, tornados, fires and big waves in another year of big weather for New Zealand. NIWA climate scientists review the inclement highlights month by month. -
NIWA's Hotspot Watch
Hotspot11 December 2015A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. -
NIWA's Hotspot Watch
Hotspot04 December 2015Soil moisture levels across the North Island have remained largely unchanged when compared to this time last week. -
NIWA's Hotspot Watch
Hotspot27 November 2015A hotspot persists and has expanded in the Wairarapa region. In the South Island, hotspots exist in eastern Marlborough and from central Canterbury through to northeast Otago. -
NIWA's Hotspot Watch
Hotspot20 November 2015A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.