Atmospheric analysis

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

  • Learning Support #4: Applying the learning - reimagining the town’s response

    Education Resource
    Rethinking the way we adapt to climate change and flooding.
  • Learning support #3: Climate change and floods - values, perspectives and decision-making

    Education Resource
    How does exploring different perspectives shape the decisions that are made about how we adapt to climate change?
  • Comprehensive eruption study highlights need for further work

    Media release
    A new study has comprehensively mapped the immediate after effects of the January 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga - Hunga Ha’apai, highlighting the risks of similar events.
  • Hotspot Watch 30 November 2023

    Hotspot
    A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
  • Assessing post-cyclone air quality across Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay

    Assessing post-cyclone air quality across Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay

    The vast quantities of silt deposited by flooding have resulted in high levels of silt dust in the air across Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay.
  • Hotspot Watch 23 November 2023

    Hotspot
    A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
  • Hotspot Watch 17 November 2023

    Hotspot
    A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
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    Forecasting impacts from extreme weather

    Research Project
    This project aims to establish connections between weather and river flow forecasting, inundation prediction and risks to people and assets.
  • Storm-tide red-alert days 2024

    Service
    Storm-tide red-alert days 2024
  • A 3D Printer is helping save New Zealand’s endangered native fish

    Media release
    A 3D Printer is helping save New Zealand’s endangered native fish
  • Learning support #2: Climate change, floods and adaptation choices

    Education Resource
    Planning for climate change and flooding.
  • Learning support #1: Extreme weather and climate change

    Education Resource
    When it rains it pours – extreme weather.