Position: Director, Gateway Antarctica, and Professor, School of Earth and Environment, University of Canterbury. Field: Glaciology and remote sensing Dr Wolfgang Rack, a senior lecturer and ...
Position: Vice-Provost (Research), Victoria University of Wellington, previously University of Auckland. Field: Chemical and materials engineering. When we first met Margaret Hyland she was a ...
Position: Former Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, University of Waikato. Field: Soils in Antarctica. Dr Megan Balks didn't know what she wanted to do once she left school but her interest in ...
In this activity, students view a short video on lightning phenomena and then answer a set of questions based on the video. They will then log on to WWLLN (which stands for the world wide ...
Large snow events in most parts of New Zealand are uncommon. However, if you are in the South Island or the central North Island, this citizen science project could be a great one for your ...
The Planet Four online citizen science project is designed to assist planetary scientists to identify and measure features on the surface of Mars that don’t exist on Earth. Help is needed to ...
About 70% of Earth’s surface is covered by water. It is found just about everywhere and is the only naturally occurring substance on Earth existing in solid, liquid and gas states. Water is ...
Long ago, according to the legend of Māui, the Sun was the focus of attention. People wanted more daylight and warmth to get their jobs done. Māui schemed to harness the Sun. Rights: Tim Tripp ...
In the primary classroom, even though teachers and students generally spend the day together, it cannot be assumed that students will experience their learning as coherent, connected or ...
Dr Wolfgang Rack and Dr Adrian McDonald discuss a few of the career pathways that involve the use of satellites and remote sensing. Point of interest Satellites are used for land, ocean, crop and ...
Dr Wolfgang Rack of Gateway Antarctica explains the link between sea ice thickness and global climate and how he uses the CryoSat-2 satellite to measure sea ice. Jargon alert Freeboard is the ...
Professor Margaret Hyland, from the Engineering Department at the University of Auckland, originally trained as a research chemist. Working alongside an inspiring head of department precipitated ...
Natural terrestrial plasmas include visual phenomena such as lightning, auroras and red sprites. Learn more about how these and other naturally occurring terrestrial plasmas occur with space ...
An interactive on rural fire risk – environmental components.
This timeline lets you see the historical developments in technology related to weather monitoring, measuring and forecasting. It also shows how scientific thinking changed over the centuries as ...
