The best laid Antarctic plans are entirely at the mercy of Antarctic sea ice, which can change very rapidly. Early in the voyage I met with the ship’s bridge team, including Ice Pilot Evan Solly – a ...

The research follows a pilot study in 2017, which also suggested indigenous forest in Fiordland might be absorbing more CO 2 than expected. “That study was based on only three years of data, and we ...

Seven nations sharing world’s longest mountain range already impacted by climate change Climate change is already reshaping life and landscapes across the world’s longest mountain range which extends ...

New Zealand could face twice as many of the most extreme atmospheric rivers by the end of the century, according to new research. Not only could the narrow bands of concentrated water vapour increase, ...

Overview 2024 was Aotearoa New Zealand’s 10th-warmest year on record. The 2024 nationwide average temperature calculated from NIWA’s seven station series was 13.25˚C, being 0.51˚C above the 1991-2020 ...

Disclaimer: The forecasts offered in this page draw upon modified Copernicus Climate Change Service Information [2022] (C3S, https://climate.Copernicus.eu). There is inherent uncertainty in ...

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

A new species has been named after favourite Wellington brewpub Fork and Brewer. Pentaceration forkandbrewer – a marine isopod found off the east coast of New Zealand – was given its formal scientific ...

October 2024 was characterised by higher than normal mean sea level pressure to the south and east of Aotearoa New Zealand. This produced more easterly airflows than normal over the lower South Island ...

A mystery specimen has been identified as a species never documented in New Zealand waters. Thousands of specimens were collected during NIWA’s three-week Ocean Census voyage to the unexplored Bounty ...

Tropical cyclone outlook summary for New Zealand On average, at least one ex-TC passes within 550 km of New Zealand each year. This season, the risk is considered normal-elevated. If an ex-TC tracks ...

Scientists have found a new ghost shark that lives exclusively in the deep waters of Australia and New Zealand. The Australasian Narrow-nosed Spookfish was described by NIWA Fisheries Scientist Dr ...