RNZ
The floods keep coming, and we keep rebuilding. Is there a better way to cope with increasing numbers of infrastructure-wrecking storms?
NZ Herald
The scale of the Bay of Plenty landslides has been revealed by new photographs taken just before and after the fatal disasters struck the region. Deadly...
Access to some Northland communities isolated since last Sunday has been restored.
Lessons learnt during Cyclone Gabrielle three years ago have proved invaluable for marae on Northland's east coast, leading the response to last week's massive storm.
ZB
Insurance and Financial Services Ombudsman Karen Stevens talks to Ryan Bridge to give advice to people making insurance claims on weather-related damage fo
Newsroom
Experts and officials agree: community resilience will have to be first line of defence against worsening storm events
ABC listen
Earlier this month, an intense heatwave saw temperatures soar above 40 degrees across parts of south-eastern Australia.
RNZ
A disaster expert says there are sometimes warning signs of a landslide to look out for during heavy rain events.
New Atlas
Each year, vast blooms of phytoplankton spread across the Southern Ocean, drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and fueling Antarctica’s marine food web. For decades, scientists have attributed these pulses of life to familiar forces – sunlight, winds, and ocean circulation. But new research suggests another, far less visible driver may be at work: earthquakes beneath the seafloor, whose activity may be influencing ocean surface conditions.
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In a bushfire-prone area in outer Melbourne, a group of students is taking part in a two-way learning exchange to improve bushfire safety.
The Conversation
Understanding what is happening deep beneath the ocean surface is key to understanding the weather patterns we are experiencing on land.
RNZ
"Solar weather" doesn't pose a threat to human health - but it does to our technology.
RNZ
"Those events are happening more and more and communities are paying for it emotionally, but mostly financially," Rehette Stoltz says.
ABC listen
In this edition of The Conversation Hour we explore how much prefab housing could be used as a form of temporary housing particularly in the wake of catastrophic bushfires. Also, in this program, do we need better support for renters after bushfires, do they slip between the cracks?
Less than a month after the Tongariro fires, communities have a new evacuation plan. They are ready if needed, though they hope such an event won't return.
The exact number of properties, which included both rural and urban properties, is set to increase.
RNZ
Record rainfall caused widespread damage across the district, the worst in 150 years, after it was hit by floods twice in as many weeks during June and July.
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State government reports have found that while social media plays a vital role in warning communities during tropical cyclones, some posts can lack context and spread misinformation.
The big global climate crisis we’re doing our best to ignore, has plans for each of our communities, Paul Gorman writes. Southland farmer Jason...
ABC Pacific
A Fijian fisherman explains his process of reading the weather and what changes he’s had to make to keep himself safe on the water with the constant threat of disasters.
www.canterbury.ac.nz
A 2025 Order of the White Rose scholar is pioneering research into low-carbon, quake-resilient buildings and championing women’s futures in engineering.
RNZ
At a remote field camp, scientists and engineers are on a mission to discover when and how fast the West Antarctic could melt.
RNZ
A leading ocean engineer says long-held public beliefs that the Mariana Trench or Saipan's coral reef would shield the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas from tsunamis are incorrect.
www.earthsciences.nz
Scientists are measuring a huge unknown in climate science: how much heat Antarctica emits into space.
NZ Herald
A new concept video shows what Wairoa’s long-negotiated flood spillway will look like once completed. After Cyclone Gabrielle in 2023, Wairoa was given $70...
Natural hazard risk is a reality of living in New Zealand. Use this checklist to make sure you understand the risk profile of a property, before you buy.
RNZ
Explainer: Looking forward to a quiet Sunday night? Your phone may have other plans.
RNZ
You may not be able to stop water coming onto your property during a storm - but there are some things you can do.
The US Geological Survey believed yesterday's would potentially tie with the sixth largest earthquake recorded, which happened in Chile in 2010, but said it needs more data to verify that.
Humanitarian crises are intensifying due to conflict and climate change. The United Nations, through OCHA, leads efforts to bring the world together to tackle humanitarian emergencies and save the lives of people caught in crises.
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