Atmospheric analysis

The coastal Samoan village of Sa'anapu has been ravaged by cyclones and tsunamis in recent years. Now, plans are being developed to improve the community's resilience to natural disasters.

The Cidaroida is an order of very spiky and robust regular sea urchins, which can resemble something like a sputnik satellite or an underwater mine to the uninitiated.

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.

Geodia ewok Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015 is an astrophorid sponge from the family Geodiidae. It was described, along with 16 other new species, in a recent publication by Sim-Smith & Kelly (2015) which increased the number of described New Zealand Geodiidae fauna from four to 22!

Tau kōura is a traditional Māori fishing method commonly used to harvest kōura or freshwater crayfish in areas where they are abundant.

What is the difference between our previously featured squat lobsters and this week’s critter? This one you can actually swim with if you wanted! All the others live at the dark depths of the New Zealand ocean, but Munida gregaria (Fabricius, 1793) or the gregarious squat lobster is commonly found in shallow coastal waters along the eastern coast of New Zealand’s South Island.

Taxonomy is one of New Zealand’s most important sciences but its impact is often not widely known nor understood.

Solanderia Duchassaing & Michelin, 1846, which is commonly known as the tree hydroid or sea fan hydroid, is a genus of athecate hydrozoan.

Across the North Island, soil moisture levels have generally remained the same or decreased slightly when compared to this time last week.

NIWA may lose valuable scientific equipment after two massive icebergs broke off the Antarctic coastline over the weekend.