Scientists have found a new ghost shark that lives exclusively in the deep waters of Australia and New Zealand. The Australasian Narrow-nosed Spookfish was described by NIWA Fisheries Scientist Dr ...

NIWA has been awarded $10.2m to eradicate an invasive clam that was only recently discovered in New Zealand waters. The freshwater gold clam, or Corbicula fluminea, is native to eastern and southeast ...

There is a 60% chance that La Niña will develop by the end of December. Tropical Pacific trade winds will continue to nudge the ocean in a La Niña-like direction. An alternative measure of central ...

The 3-panel Soil Moisture Deficit (SMD) map shows the historical soil moisture deficit at the date shown (left), the soil moisture deficit at the same time last year (middle) and the current soil ...

Sea cucumbers are usually, well cucumber-shaped. However there are exceptions. Some have a wonderful collection of tentacles in odd-places, some are prickly, some look like a strawberry with tree-like ...

Probabilities are assigned in three categories: above average, near average, and below average. Temperatures are about equally likely to be above average (50% chance) or near average (45% chance).

A new NIWA-led study has found that climate change increased the amount of total rainfall during Cyclone Gabrielle by 10%. This additional rain fell during the most intense parts of the storm, ...

Forecasting sea surface temperatures several months in advance is challenging. To give us insights into what might happen around Aotearoa New Zealand in the months to come, NIWA scientists have ...

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Pest fish species are a leading threat to global biodiversity, are economically costly, and cause ecological damage. Management of pest fish is currently limited to preventing their spread, focusing ...

NIWA’s new research vessel, Kaharoa II, will be in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park/ Ko te Pataka kai o Tīkapa Moana Te Moananui-ā-Toi over the next three weeks, filming underwater habitats. Kaharoa II ...

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