Earth Science NZ researchers are seeing signs that the breeding season for the invasive freshwater gold clam (Corbicula fluminea) has begun. Earth Sciences NZ Principal Technician Karen Thompson says ...

A recent training in Nadi, Fiji demonstrates Earth Sciences NZ capacity to provide effective and tailored professional development for meteorological technicians. In August, Anuragh Chandra, Earth ...

Our assessment of tropical cyclone (TC) activity for the coming season indicates normal to below normal activity. [Tropical cyclones are categorised in strength from 1 to 5, with 5 being most intense.

New research led by Earth Sciences New Zealand reveals that more than 750,000 New Zealanders live in locations exposed to flooding from one-in-100-year rainfall flooding events. And this number could ...

This sonar technique uses a transducer in the ship’s hull to map the seafloor and create high-resolution images for the science team to plan their sampling. In addition, it gives the ship’s bridge ...

The tables below show the probabilities (or percent chances) for each of three categories: above average, near average, and below average. In the absence of any forecast guidance there would be an ...

The tables below show the probabilities (or percent chances) for each of three categories: above average, near average, and below average. In the absence of any forecast guidance there would be an ...

A NIWA-led study has found New Zealand’s native forests are absorbing more carbon dioxide (CO 2) than previously thought. Study leader, NIWA atmospheric scientist Dr Beata Bukosa, says the findings ...

Neutral El Niño – Southern Oscillation (ENSO) conditions remain present in the tropical Pacific. Residual signals indicative of weak La Niña conditions persist, and occasional La Niña-like atmospheric ...

Neutral El Niño – Southern Oscillation (ENSO) conditions are now present in the tropical Pacific. The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI), and sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the central Pacific (in ...

Probabilities are assigned in three categories: above average, near average, and below average. Temperatures are very likely to be above average (60% chance). Rainfall totals are about equally likely ...

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, ...