Climate
New Thinking
Climate change - tough challenges for livestock
IRL Chief Executive Shaun Coffey says the world’s livestock industries will face a tough future as they come to grips with climate change.
Helping Kiribati prepare for the effects of climate change
NIWA coastal specialists have recently been in Tarawa, the capital of the Republic of Kiribati, contributing to Kiribati Government initiatives to plan for the effects of climate change.
Fossils reveal secrets of NZ history
A new study of New Zealand's climate 42 million years ago shows a greenhouse climate with warmer seas and little or no ice in Antarctica.
Low hydro inflows: it's La Nina
This year's low inflows into South Island hydro lakes were normal for a La Nina year, NIWA's long-term data confirms.
TransTasman scientists study livestock methane
AgResearch and Australian scientists will jointly investigate ways of reducing the impact of livestock methane emissions by finding out more about the digestive processes in the rumen of livestock.
Kiribati prepares for climate change
Kiribati's low-lying atolls are very vulnerable to sea-level rise. NIWA is working to help this Pacific nation prepare and adapt.
Scion wins MAF contract
Scion has been awarded a MAF contract to measure the carbon footprint of the entire forestry industry supply chain. The year-long project will develop methodologies and tools to help the forestry industry better understand and mitigate its total environmental impact.
NZ Scientists part of Nobel Award
This year's Nobel Peace Prize goes to the IPCC and Al Gore. Many New Zealand researchers have contributed to the work of the IPCC.
Climate change pioneer honoured
Lincoln University and Landcare Research have announced that Dr Francis (Frank) Kelliher has been appointed to the newly created position of Professorial Research Fellow, Soil and Environmental Sciences, at Lincoln University.
Disappearing frosts a concern for agriculture
Frosts in most of the North Island will be virtually unknown" by the end of the century, a leading NIWA scientist says.
New Science
New carbon footprinting project underway
An ambitious new project to establish a standardised approach to measuring Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions for one of the country’s leading export industries is about to begin.
Antarctic visit to study sea ice
Scientists from NIWA and Otago University flew to New Zealand’s Scott Base, on the first post-winter Antarctica New Zealand flight, to study the growth and thickness of winter coastal sea ice in McMurdo Sound.
Glaciers continue to show significant ice loss
Research released by NIWA shows that most of New Zealand’s glaciers are continuing to shrink at a rapid rate.
New climate change projections produced for New Zealand
NIWA has produced new climate change projections for New Zealand. The new projections represent the most up-to-date scientific knowledge about likely effects of climate change in New Zealand, including regional impacts.
Drought: what trees can tell us
Reconstructing past climate records using ancient trees' rings is giving NIWA's climate scientists a better picture of past droughts and improving our ability to predict the future.
New insights into climate change
Landcare Research climate change scientists, with Scottish colleagues, can now distinguish and measure carbon dioxide respriation rates between soil and roots in a forest
Scientists simulate climate of the future
A unique AgResearch experiment that simulates how climate change will affect farming in 25 years time is now the longest running trial of its kind in the world.
Gas-gobbler from hell could help save world
GNS Scientist Matthew Stott has discovered a tiny methane-eating bug from the depths of hell that is being championed as a potential means of cutting methane emissions.
New Zealand Glaciers Shrinking
New Zealand’s glaciers are shrinking and twelve of the largest glaciers in the Southern Alps are unlikely to return to their earlier lengths without extraordinary cooling of the climate.
Lucky lake a time-travel treasure trove
A long-lost lake, discovered by Landcare Research scientist Mike Marden, is expected to yield important clues as to how New Zealand landscapes have responded to climate change in the past.
New Value
Software solution to help farmers meet Kyoto
A smart software solution developed by MAF, AgResearch and FertResearch will enable farmers across the country to accurately estimate their greenhouse gas emissions and help New Zealand comply with its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol.
Nobel Peace Prize contribution honoured
A climate change expert at Scion has been honoured by the IPCC for his work that helped it jointly win the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Dr Peter Beets researches forest carbon stocks and land use change.
NZ dairy farms losing advantage over EU
New Zealand dairy farms are slipping in terms of energy efficiency and greenhouse gas efficiency, and urgently need to focus on improved farm practices and intensification options to reverse the trend.
New centre to focus on solutions to climate change
All 9 Crown Research Institutes and at least 2 universities will bring together their capability around climate change opportunities and challenges, providing a route for industry and the government to tap into the nation's collective research expertise in an initiative warmly welcomed by the Prime Minister.
Soil scientist honoured for research on potent greenhouse gas
Landcare Research soil scientist Dr Surinder Saggar has been honoured for his internationally recognised research into processes regulating the release of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide from soil.
Raise your glass: wine company goes CarboNZeroŽ
The world's first CarboNZero® wines developed under Landcare Research's CarboNZero® programme have been released .
