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Seasonal Climate Outlook: Summer-like, Then Unsettled
Tuesday, 1 March 2022, 10:18 am | NIWA
The Seasonal Climate Outlook for March - May 2022 is attached, along with graphics for your use. Highlights: - Thanks to this year's marine heatwave, March will feel more like summer than autumn, with above average temperatures for most of NZ - Unsettled ... More >>
Tropical Seafloor Secrets Revealed
Friday, 25 February 2022, 9:45 am | NIWA
NIWA scientists and Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) have used satellite technology to chart the Cook Islands’ seafloor in never-before-seen detail. The work was done as part of Seabed 2030 - a collaborative project to produce a definitive ... More >>
Cutting-edge AI Sea Craft Helps Scientists Count Fish
Monday, 21 February 2022, 12:33 pm | NIWA
A robot sea craft is the latest tool NIWA scientists are using to help them count fish. The six-metre-long autonomous vessel is equipped with artificial intelligence and a range of data gathering equipment, including a battery powered echosounder ... More >>
Public Asked To Help Build National Flood Photo Database
Tuesday, 15 February 2022, 9:42 am | NIWA
NIWA is asking people in flood-affected areas to contribute photos to a national database to support understanding of flood hazard and flood risk. The NZ Flood Pics project is part of a five-year Endeavour Fund research programme that is examining ... More >>
"Very Rare Find" Of Ghost Shark Hatchling
Monday, 14 February 2022, 4:10 pm | NIWA
NIWA scientists have made the rare discovery of a days-old ghost shark during a recent survey off the east coast of the South Island. The neonate - or newly hatched - deep water shark was collected at a depth of approximately 1200m on the Chatham ... More >>
The Positives Of Wellington’s Wet Weather: Marine Pest Control
Tuesday, 8 February 2022, 11:19 am | NIWA
The tempestuous wet weather may have dampened Wellingtonians' spirits at the beginning of summer, but it had at least one positive effect - killing some unwanted species in the harbour. Marine scientists from NIWA have been on the hunt for high-risk invasive ... More >>
January Climate Summary
Friday, 4 February 2022, 3:58 pm | NIWA
January's Climate Summary and accompanying graphic are attached. Highlights include: - Below or well below normal rainfall was observed across the vast majority of New Zealand - Average or well above average temperatures were experienced across the ... More >>
Hotspot Watch
Friday, 4 February 2022, 3:44 pm | NIWA
This week's Hotspot Watch and graphics are attached. - Hotspot conditions are located across much of the North Island - Hotspot conditions have eased in the Tasman but remain in southern Otago and parts of Southland - Exceptionally heavy rainfall has ... More >>
NIWA Seasonal Climate Outlook - Dry Now, Heavy Rain On The Way
Tuesday, 1 February 2022, 12:55 pm | NIWA
The latest Seasonal Climate Outlook previewing the weather for the next three months is attached. Highlights include: - 75% chance of continued La Niña conditions - Marine heatwave conditions to continue but gradually ease over Autumn - Everywhere ... More >>
What The Tonga Eruption Means For The Climate
Monday, 17 January 2022, 4:27 pm | NIWA
The Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcanic eruption is unlikely to have a significant cooling effect on temperatures globally, say NIWA scientists. When a volcano erupts, it releases huge amounts of sulphur dioxide (SO2) into the air. High concentrations ... More >>
2021: NZ's Warmest Year On Record
Tuesday, 11 January 2022, 12:13 pm | NIWA
It's official - 2021 was Aotearoa New Zealand's warmest year on record. Our Annual Climate Summary with all the details of 2021's weather is attached. More >>
NZ Experiencing 5 Times More Temperature Extremes Than Expected
Tuesday, 4 January 2022, 8:08 am | NIWA
Temperature extremes in Aotearoa New Zealand are happening far more often than expected, according to NIWA. Researchers have analysed 70 years’ worth of weather data across the whole country to see how frequently extreme events, such as record-breaking heatwaves, ... More >>
Will It Be A Fintastic Fishing Year?
Thursday, 30 December 2021, 9:15 am | NIWA
A marine heatwave is happening all around New Zealand. Warmer waters are more pleasant for swimming in and can create wilder weather. But what do they mean for fishing? NIWA researchers dive into the science behind getting a good catch. --------- "In ... More >>
Rewilding Green-lipped Mussels
Monday, 27 December 2021, 6:36 pm | NIWA
Wild mussels are making a comeback in the Marlborough Sounds. Mussels, first wild and now farmed, have put Havelock on the map as the ‘Green-Lipped Mussel Capital of the World’. While farmed mussels are booming, the wild population has experienced ... More >>
Studying A Fragile And Alien Icy World
Thursday, 23 December 2021, 8:46 am | NIWA
NIWA scientists are doing what no others have done before. In a mysterious world just below the Antarctic ice, a delicate web of ice crystals forms a habitat that’s unique and largely unknown. Until now… Thanks to ingenious new technology, researchers ... More >>
The Great Debate: When Does Summer Begin?
Tuesday, 21 December 2021, 10:24 am | NIWA
This Wednesday 22nd December, the sun reaches its highest position in the sky. It will be the Southern Hemisphere’s longest day of the year. Also known as the summer solstice, it marks the start of astronomical summer. But hang on... didn’t summer ... More >>
New Air Quality Guidelines "brilliant Opportunity" For Aotearoa
Friday, 10 December 2021, 1:39 pm | NIWA
More than 60% of New Zealanders live in locations where air quality does not meet World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, according to modelling conducted by NIWA for the Ministry for the Environment. The Ministry for the Environment have just ... More >>
Seafloor Geoscientist Wins Prestigious Award
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 5:39 pm | NIWA
NIWA scientist Joshu Mountjoy has walked away with the esteemed McKay Hammer Award from the Geoscience Society of New Zealand. This accolade is given to a researcher who has made momentous contribution to geoscience in Aotearoa over the past three ... More >>
Deepsea Scientist Honoured For Mentoring Of Women In Science
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 10:23 am | NIWA
Di Tracey, a deep-sea fisheries and ecology scientist at NIWA, has been awarded the 2021 Miriam Dell Award by the Association for Women in the Sciences (AWIS) for her advocacy for and mentoring of women working in science. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2112/b832c3c15da2fbc11b35.jpeg" ... More >>
PR: Our Seas Are Sizzling Again
Tuesday, 30 November 2021, 11:28 am | NIWA
Coastal sea temperatures around Aotearoa New Zealand have risen well above average, NIWA forecasters say. Meteorologist Ben Noll says that water temperatures have ranged from 1.1C - 1.4C above average for November, with daily sea surface temperatures ... More >>
