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Injy’s Odyssey
Late 2016, Sir Peter Blake NIWA Ambassador Injy Johnstone travelled to one of NIWA's more remote atmospheric monitoring outposts in the central North Island. Another successful ambassadorship - check it out! -
Summer Series week 2: Scientists set up offices in the great outdoors
Media release26 December 2016Summer is for scientific fieldwork. Three NIWA scientists are heading into the wild blue yonder, some with fancy technology and others with a coffee cup and a bag of party balloons. -
Rangiora: NIWA needs your help
Media release19 August 2016Rangiora residents willing to contribute to a community project about the quality of air in their town are being sought by NIWA scientists to help with their research. -
Flying laboratory going low over Lauder
Media release05 August 2016NIWA atmospheric scientists in Central Otago are turning plane spotters next week as they eagerly await the flyover of a NASA research plane. -
Wood smoke draws researchers to New Zealand
News article12 July 2016The burning question of winter is attracting international air quality scientists to Wellington later this month to design a large scale joint research programme. -
New funding for Deep South National Science Challenge
Media release30 June 2016The Deep South National Science Challenge today announced new funding for seven new scientific research projects to help New Zealanders better understand their future climate. -
Warmest start to the year on record
Media release28 June 2016The first six months of 2016 are set to be the warmest ever start to the year, according to NIWA’s long-term seven-station temperature series. -
Community Observation Networks for Air – Rangiora 2015 pilot study
Rangiora 2015 was the first Community Observation Networks for Air (CONA) study. CONA is a NIWA initiative to explore how new technologies can greatly increase our ability to monitor, understand and manage community air quality. -
Scientists attribute rising methane levels to agriculture
Media release11 March 2016A breakthrough in understanding about the causes of climate change has today been published online in the prestigious international journal Science.