New Zealand scientists are investigating active undersea volcanos, north of New Zealand. New images reveal the impacts of a significant eruption on the seafloor.
Meteorological forecasting centres across the Pacific are predicting near average or slightly above average numbers of tropical cyclones for the 2012–13 season (November 2012 to April 2013). On average[1], 10 named tropical cyclones occur in the southwest Pacific (between 135°E and 120°W) each season (November to April). The outlook indicates that 9 to 12 named cyclones are expected for the 2012 – 2013 season. Tropical cyclone activity east of the International Dateline is expected to be normal, with above normal activity for Niue and Tonga during the second half of the season.
Recently, Australian and New Caledonian shark scientists downloaded data from acoustic receivers deployed off the east coast of Australia and in the Coral Sea and discovered that great white sharks acoustically tagged in New Zealand had been visiting.
This Sunday, NIWA celebrates the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Montreal Protocol, which is hailed as the most successful international environmental protection treaty to date.
The winners have just been announced and the prizes presented! The 2012 NIWA Auckland Science and Technology Fair overall prize winners of first equal went to Timothy Harker, Onehunga High School, for his project Duvaucel's Gecko, and Connor King, Mt Roskill Grammar School, with a device called BLURB.
In determining a Judicial Review challenging the accuracy of NIWA's climate data and scientific methodology, High Court Judge Justice Venning was unequivocal in his findings, reinforcing NIWA's professionalism and credibility in this important area.
The winners have just been announced! The 2012 NIWA Wellington Science and Technology Fair overall prize winner is Lydia Hingston, a Year 13 student from Queen Margaret College, for her project "Antibiotics versus Probiotics".
The winners have just been announced! The "Kawakawa pharmacy of the forest" exhibit wins top prize at the 2012 NIWA Waikato Science and Technology Fair. The fair had over 400 entries from more than 25 schools.
Over 150 hopeful school students will showcase their science talent at the NIWA Bay of Plenty Regional Science and Technology Fair this week. The fair, sponsored by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), will be held at the Rotorua Convention Centre on 30 – 31 August.
NIWA scientists are featured in a new 13-part science television series on Maori Television.
The series - PROJECT MATAURANGA - looks at the growth of Maori worldviews within the scientific community, anda wide range of subjects including koura management in lakes, the risks associated with eating traditional kai, and sustainable wastewater management for marae.
NIWA's has mapped the seabed off the coast of Otago, revealing the structure of nine canyons in the Great South Basin. This survey is providing new information about geological processes in the region as well as clues to what types of life might exist on the seafloor.
NIWA's research vessel Tangaroa will set sail from Wellington on 21 August to map the seabed in the mid-to-outer Greater Hauraki Gulf, including the coast off Coromandel.
Scientists have discovered that our big birds take long winter holidays overseas. The native Campbell Albatross take off to South Australia, and the Grey-headed Albatross goes further afield to an area 7,000 km from Campbell Island, in the Indian Ocean to the west of Australia.
