Feeling the heat: Nature provides us with solutions for farming and forests
Trees and soil are sequestering more than recognised under Govt regulation.
Trees and soil are sequestering more than recognised under Govt regulation.
This week's cold snap will be replaced by warm and fine weather by the weekend.
September was a record-breaking month for the city.
Biggest climate report in nine years warns window to avert worst impacts is closing fast.
Gales will strike the North Island from tomorrow - particularly Auckland and Northland.
There is exactly five weeks left until spring.
NZ's warmest start to winter fuelled by northeasterlies, moist lows and climate change.
A polar blast has briefly chilled what's been NZ's warmest start to winter. What drove it?
The polar blast's icy sting is due to hit across the North Island tomorrow.
Surging water puts farmers and their animals in danger across Canterbury.
Floodwaters in Canterbury have exceeded warnings "by a huge magnitude", Fed Farmers says.
Red algal bloom still a mystery to Waipū locals and NRC staff.
"How can we change our behaviours so we don't do the same thing again."
Concern grows with no rain on the horizon.
Akaroa farmer Hamish Menzies said they are making a plan for it if it doesn't rain soon.
Ancient swamp kauri records reveal breakdown of Earth's magnetic field 42,000 years ago.
The global shark and ray population has declined by a worrying amount.
Doesn't happen often, but minimal risk to New Zealand for now.
December 1 is officially the first day of summer.
Christchurch has had over 150mm less rainfall than the yearly average.
A marine heatwave this summer would be the third in four years.
Marine biologists warn of depleting sea organisms as sea temperatures in Northland rise
Niwa's 60-day index has deemed the Rotorua area and coastal Bay of Plenty "severely dry".
Heavy rain and strong winds have been thrashing the North Island today.
NIWA's latest hotspot report showed the driest soils in the South Island.
DoC and OSPRI knew nothing of meeting but organisers say they tried to invite them.
One part of the country has received 82mm of rain in the last 24 hours.
But soil moisture level in Northland not where it should be, Niwa says.
It's our shortest day - so how much extra daylight can we expect tomorrow?
Rainfall boosts dam and river levels but till not enough to end drought.