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Wet, cloudy and warmer than average temperatures are the three main 'weather flavours' expected over Aotearoa this week, according to MetService, with most regions getting a scoop of one, two or three of these weather conditions. The complex low pressure ...

Preliminary analysis by NIWA climate scientists has shown that the recent Canterbury rainfall was so extreme in some inland places that it could be expected to happen only once every 200 years. NIWA climate scientist Dr Trevor Carey-Smith says it was ...

A development grant for $50,000 has been awarded by the High-Value Nutrition Ko Ngā Kai Whai Painga National Science Challenge to Foot Steps Limited in Karamu, Hastings. The grant will support a six-month project to explore the bioactive compounds ...

The Japanese threadfin bream (Provided by the Kagoshima University Museum) KAGOSHIMA—A fish that was nearly a meal for an elderly islander turned out to be the first of its species ever found in Japanese waters, researchers said. Despite its name, which was coined 230 years ago, the Japanese threadfin bream had never been spotted, let alone caught, in Japan. However, that streak ended when Tadakazu Miza, 70, landed the fish at Nishinoomote Port on Tanegashima island in Kagoshima Prefecture i...

This year’s winners of the NASA Scientist for a Day competition are Sophie Ineson from Southland Girl’s High School (Year 7 & 8 category) and Lucia Mochel from Whangamata Area School (Year 9 & 10 category), the New Zealand Space ...

Cutting-edge research into obtaining tech-critical metals from mixed oxides could play an important role in helping Aotearoa New Zealand transition to a zero-carbon country. The transdisciplinary team, led by University of Canterbury (UC) Associate ...

Treating climate, biodiversity and human society as coupled systems will be key to successfully mitigate the effects of climate change. A landmark international report on Biodiversity and Climate change co-sponsored by IPBES (the 137 nation biodiversity ...

The biodiversity and climate emergencies can't be solved in isolation, says a new UN-backed report – we either solve both or we solve neither. The IPBES report - which includes New Zealand authors - highlights actions that will benefit both the

Thursday, 10 June 2021, 10:28 am Farmers visiting NIWA’s Fieldays stand at Mystery Creek next week have the opportunity to see into their future by playing a game that dices with climate change. The aim is to encourage farmers to plan for climate change and maximise their abilities and options in order to adapt and thrive as significant changes in weather patterns begin to take place. The large board game has been developed by NIWA social scientists and has players deciding how they will face...

A clinical study getting underway in Rotorua and Christchurch will provide valuable information on how our unique population responds to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The study, ‘Ka Mātau, Ka Ora' (from knowledge comes wellbeing), is being ...