Atmospheric analysis

NIWA has been using advanced scientific instruments to measure atmospheric trace gases and isotopes for over 50 years.

  • Summer series week 6: Creatures reveal true colours up close

    Media release
    From a tiny caddsifly to a frolicking dusky dolphin, NIWA staff have captured some beautiful images of insects, birds, fish—and a particularly handsome frog.
  • Hotspot Watch for 19 January 2017

    Hotspot
    An update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
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    The science of fisheries management

    News article
    For the first time, the use of management science in fisheries has been captured in a book.
  • Summer Series week 5: Life's a beach

    Media release
    Six scientists reveal their favourite beaches but also observe how they’re changing.
  • Hotspot Watch for 12 January 2017

    Hotspot
    An update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
  • NIWA's Annual Climate Summary Media Conference

    Watch live as NIWA climate scientists present the NIWA 2016 Annual Climate Summary.
  • Summer Series week 4: Scientist keeps cool head on the ice

    Media release
    Top of Natalie Robinson’s to-do list right now is to work out exactly what she’s brought back from Antarctica.
  • NIWA's Annual Climate Summary Media Conference

    Event
    NIWA climate scientists present the NIWA 2016 Annual Climate Summary.
  • Geomorphology influences periphyton abundance

    Research Project
    This research project investigated whether the mechanisms for periphyton removal in rivers relate more directly to hydraulic and geomorphic conditions than flow metrics.
  • Hotspot Watch for 5 January 2017

    Hotspot
    An update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
  • Summer Series week 3: Above and beyond, a voyage in the pacific

    Feature story
    A NIWA technician spends four days and three nights on a crowded boat heading to one of the most remote places in the Pacific to help install a weather station. Conditions are so arduous he decides to quit his job - but how do you do that in the middle of the ocean?
  • Summer Series week 2: Scientists set up offices in the great outdoors

    Media release
    Summer 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.