Atmospheric analysis

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An overview of what the SHMAK kit comprises, and various uses for it.

Find out more about submerged aquatic plant species.

Whitebait are the juveniles of five species of galaxiidae, a family of fish confined to the Southern Hemisphere.

Chemical contaminants are chemicals toxic to plants and animals in waterways.

Ideas for projects using climate data

Once in freshwater, glass eels develop into darker pigmented juvenile eels known as elvers.

A carbon neutral activity is one that has a carbon footprint of zero.

NIWA run a computer model which simulates wave heights across the Canterbury continental shelf and along the coast.

NIWA has recently created synthetic, multi-year, 10-minute wind datasets at 15 wind farm sites across New Zealand. These will be used by the Electricity Commission to model the impact of wind farms on the national grid.

Diverting water changes a waterways natural flow