A new study shows a significant change in Antarctic phytoplankton over time that could cascade through the marine food web and affect the ocean’s capacity as a carbon sink. The study reveals that ...

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 last update ended up with us sailing south after dropping off BGC-Argo profiling drifters. In 1841, when James Clark Ross and his ships Erebus and Terror, sailed much the same route into what we ...

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 ...

Earth Sciences New Zealand has been awarded $57,063,697 from the 2025 Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment Endeavour Fund across five critical research programmes encompassing hazard ...

The Barrier Assessment and Reporting Tool (BART) has been created to help river managers and asset owners understand connectivity in different catchments, and prioritise barriers within catchments for ...

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 ...

Many of our iconic native fish species, such as whitebait and eels, rely on river flows to cue key life-cycle stages, including migration and reproduction. As pressures on water resources increase, ...

David Smol, Board Chair for the New Zealand Earth Sciences Institute has announced the appointment of John Morgan as the Transition Chief Executive. This appointment is effective from 1 July 2025 and ...

NIWA welcomes the news its merger with GNS will come into effect by 1 July. The Minister of Science, Innovation, and Technology, Hon. Shane Reti, has announced that our two organisations will join to ...

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 ...

State Owned Enterprises Minister Simeon Brown and Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Shane Reti today jointly announced that Cabinet has agreed to proceed with NIWA’s acquisition of ...