1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (535+ words) Lave fountain from K'lauea volcano. (Source: Associated Press) The on-and-off eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano broke a record on Monday with the number of periods it has produced fountains of lava since it began erupting in December 2024, the Hawaiian Volcano…...

20+ hour, 35+ min ago  (828+ words) Drilling down several hundred metres into the ice may reveal how much the sea will rise as the planet warms." (Source: 1 News) Samples from deep below the Earth's surface " up to nine million years old - have been opened today, telling…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (811+ words) A network of 250 solar-powered sensors threaded through one of Northland's most significant forests can now detect a fire before it's even visible, with the technology potentially saving millions of dollars in firefighting costs. The sensors have been installed throughout the…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (874+ words) Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers a speech during the Computex 2026 exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, June 1, 2026. (Source: Associated Press) Nvidia today unveiled new powerful chips that would bring advanced artificial intelligence functions into laptops and desktop computers, with the new…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (797+ words) Drilling down several hundred metres into the ice may reveal how much the sea will rise as the planet warms." (Source: 1 News) Samples of the Earth's core " up to nine million years old, have been opened today " telling the story…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (925+ words) A El Ni'o climate pattern is now 95% likely to develop over the next three months, with meteorologists warning it could bring "significant impacts" and drier-than-usual conditions to parts of New Zealand later this winter. Earth Sciences New Zealand (ESNZ) said…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1144+ words) Northland and the top of the South Island are most at risk of flooding as a "significant weather event" brings heavy rain and strong winds to large parts of both the North and South Island. A trough embedded in a…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (624+ words) A Christchurch couple have captured a rare lunar rainbow over the South Island's Mackenzie Country during an extraordinary night sky event that combined three celestial phenomena at once. Sophie Stephens and her fianc" John were driving to Queenstown on Sunday…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (741+ words) Tens of thousands of residents are without power across Western Australia as an intense storm lashes the coast, with authorities warning the worst is still to come. The powerful weather event, typically seen only once every five years, could bring…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (587+ words) An entangled southern right whale was last spotted off the Rakiura coast. (Source: Department of Conservation) The Department of Conservation is asking for people to lookout for a southern right whale entangled in a craypot line. It was last seen…...