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A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

Effects of climate change on fish are being studied at NIWA's Northland Marine Research Centre.

We examine how the Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge plans to enhance the use of marine resources within biological constraints.

New Zealand’s mangrove swamps and coastal marshes may be particularly adept at absorbing and storing the carbon we emit.

A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

Newly published research shows regional climate variability caused an “unusual” period in which some of New Zealand’s glaciers grew bigger, while glaciers worldwide were shrinking.

Near average tropical cyclone numbers for the remainder of the season.

A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

A NIWA scientist is calling for greater protection of submarine canyons around New Zealand as their rich marine life comes under increasing threat from human activity.

A 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.

Barb Hayden is never far from the sea. In fact, it’s been a constant in her life—a personal and professional passion.

Is the weather really better in February than January?