Damming water for urban use, hydro-electric power generation, irrigation, and other industrial and commercial uses.

El Niño accounts for less than 25 percent of the year-to year variance in seasonal rainfall and temperature at most locations in New Zealand.

Find out how you can have access to Earth Science NZ's research vessels to carry out marine research voyages.

What are the potential sources of chemical contaminants in wastewaters?

Developing probabilistic scenarios of expected future regional climate changes.

Shellfish gathering and farming take place in marine and freshwater environments.

The River Environment Classification (REC) is a database of catchment spatial attributes, summarised for every segment in New Zealand's network of rivers.

Rural, urban, and suburban wastewater treatment methods.

An estuary is a partially enclosed body of water formed where freshwater from the land meets and mixes with saltwater from the ocean.

The world’s oceans are acidifying as a result of the carbon dioxide (CO2) generated by humanity.