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Atmospheric chemistry experts to descend on NZ
Thursday, 2 September 2004, 2:50 pm | NIWA
The number of scientists in New Zealand gets a temporary boost this week with the arrival of almost 400 experts in atmospheric chemistry. More >>
Disaster-Striken Region Hosts Hazards Conference
Thursday, 5 August 2004, 1:24 pm | NIWA
Just ten days after the state of emergency was lifted in Whakatane, the Bay of Plenty is to host a major conference on the management of natural hazards. More >>
Voyage To Study New Zealand’s Hot Tap
Thursday, 29 July 2004, 1:00 pm | NIWA
Go to the east coast of the North Island, and the climate will be about 1.2 degrees Celsius warmer, on average, than at the same latitude on the west coast. More >>
Largest-Ever Deployment Of Ocean Floats
Monday, 19 July 2004, 9:43 am | NIWA
The National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA) vessel, Kaharoa, is setting sail on a 90-day voyage to deploy high-tech floats between New Zealand and Peru. More >>
Kina Lap Up ''NIWA’s Secret Recipe''
Thursday, 15 July 2004, 1:11 pm | NIWA
Scientists, turned chefs, have been cooking up a treat for kina - one that can treble the size of the highly prized roe. More >>
Hake Fishery Prospects Improve?
Tuesday, 22 June 2004, 4:02 pm | NIWA
Fisheries researchers have detected record numbers of young hake in their annual multi-species fish abundance survey on the Chatham Rise. More >>
NZ scientists embark ocean-climate study to Chile
Friday, 13 February 2004, 11:00 am | NIWA
A New Zealand research vessel will set sail from Wellington Harbour this Sunday bound for Chile as part of a major international project to understand and predict the phenomena influencing the world’s climate. More >>
Rare seaweeds discovered in Northland
Monday, 22 December 2003, 10:52 am | NIWA
Two rare New Zealand seaweeds have been discovered in Northland, and they could have exciting commercial applications for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. More >>
That’s our buoy!
Monday, 15 December 2003, 3:25 pm | NIWA
Scientists thought they had seen the last of a drifter buoy lost during an experiment in the Southern Ocean in 1999. But to their amazement, the buoy has turned up halfway around the world in the Falkland Islands – albeit looking a little worse for wear. More >>
A hazardous winter in New Zealand
Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 4:20 pm | NIWA
If you thought this winter seemed a little more hazardous than usual, you would be right. From floods and droughts to extreme storm surges and magnitude 7 earthquakes, this winter outstripped last year for the sheer numbers of natural hazards. More >>
Declining native eel population causes concern
Monday, 1 December 2003, 10:23 am | NIWA
Forty years ago anglers in New Zealand were actively encouraged to ‘kill eels on sight’. Although the attitude towards eels has changed significantly since then, it has not stopped our native longfinned eel stocks declining, mirroring the global ... More >>
Rescue vessel maps Foveaux Strait
Thursday, 20 November 2003, 11:40 am | NIWA
The NIWA research vessel Tangaroa, which rescued British rower Jim Shekhdar from the waters of the Southern Ocean earlier this week, had just finished mapping the shipping lanes of Foveaux Strait. More >>
Plugging into tidal power
Thursday, 13 November 2003, 9:24 am | NIWA
A single tidal turbine 10 metres in diameter in the Cook Strait’s Tory Channel could generate enough electricity to power 12 homes, says National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA) scientist Derek Goring. More >>
Clue to climate change in Antarctic ice
Thursday, 6 November 2003, 10:56 am | NIWA
New Zealand scientist Mike Williams has received $100,000 funding over two years to study how ice shelves respond to climate change in one of the world’s most pristine and least explored parts of Antarctica – and he won’t even need to get his feet wet. More >>
Record loss of ozone over Antarctica this year
Wednesday, 5 November 2003, 11:36 am | NIWA
Recent analysis of satellite-based measurements by scientists from the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA) shows that record amounts of ozone were destroyed over Antarctica in September this year. More >>
Record earnings for NIWA
Friday, 17 October 2003, 9:48 am | NIWA
The National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA) recorded revenue of more than $84 million in the 2002–03 financial year – $3 million more than the previous year, according to NIWA’s annual report, which was tabled in Parliament ... More >>
Antarctic ozone hole – near record levels
Tuesday, 23 September 2003, 10:21 am | NIWA
Measurements by National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA) staff at Scott Base, Antarctica, confirm reports of a large ozone hole this year. More >>
Want To Be Part Of A World Super-Weather-Computer?
Monday, 15 September 2003, 9:53 am | NIWA
Ever fancied yourself as a climate scientist? Well, now you can have a go at being one with the launch of the world’s largest climate prediction experiment at the Science Museum in London and the BA Festival of Science in Salford on Friday 12 September ... More >>
$9m to restore our rivers and lakes
Monday, 15 September 2003, 9:51 am | NIWA
Research that will help restore New Zealand’s streams, rivers, lakes, and estuaries has received $9 million of funding over six years from the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology. More >>
Exotic marine pests to be caught on tape
Monday, 1 September 2003, 10:34 am | NIWA
An underwater video camera on wheels is the latest weapon in the war against the introduction of exotic marine species into New Zealand waters. More >>
