Climate

Science Centres: Climate

Climate

NIWA's National Climate Centre works towards a better understanding of our climate and how it is changing.

Information about the New Zealand temperature record can be found here.

The New Zealand Climate Change Centre's first Climate Brief, The Challenge of Limiting Warming to Two Degrees, is now available.

Sea-level Rise Conference

The New Zealand Climate Change Centre is holding a conference on 10-11 May on sea-level rise and the challenges this brings as risks change over time. This conference will be held in Wellington at Te Papa. 

Phytoplankton and Climate Change

NIWA biological oceanographer Dr Philip Boyd explains how the Southern Ocean plays a key role in controlling the world's climate, by drawing large amounts of CO2 from Earth's atmosphere into the ocean depths.

An overview of the present climate in the tropical South Pacific Islands, with an outlook for the coming months, to assist in dissemination of climate information in the Pacific region.