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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 ...
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 ...
ENSO-neutral conditions are now in place, and there is a 70% chance that ENSO-neutral conditions will continue during June-August 2025, followed by a 60% chance that ENSO-neutral will remain in place ...
We are pioneering the use of AI to develop impact nowcasting. Our innovative approach combines extensive real-time data with AI technology to provide highly accurate and timely weather forecasting to ...
Co-developing a suite of control tools that target vulnerable gold clam (Corbicula fluminea) life-stages to disrupt dispersal, reduce the risk of transfer, and to manage the gold clam at different ...
The invasive gold clam (Corbicula fluminea) is native to Southeast Asia and is widely established in North and South America and Europe. In New Zealand, it was first discovered in May 2023 in the ...
A New Zealand-led team has completed the fullest investigation to date into January’s eruption of the underwater Tongan volcano. Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai (HT-HH) emitted the biggest atmospheric ...
The table below shows 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 ...
NIWA’s annual end-of-summer snowline survey has revealed continued loss of snow and ice for New Zealand’s famous glaciers. End of summer snowline survey, Tasman Glacier. The 2023 survey was the 46th ...
The NIWA and MetService 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 ...
The table below shows 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 ...