On 1 July 2025, NIWA merged with GNS Science to become Earth Sciences New Zealand.

Atmospheric analysis

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

  • Considered in collaboration: leading Māori environmental research

    Feature story
    Marino Tahi is a man who speaks volumes between sentences.
  • Critter of the Week – Bathynomous giganteus, the giant sea slater

    The giant sea slater Bathynomus giganteus A. Milne Edwards, 1879 is an abundant isopod species of massive size from the family Cirolanidae.
  • Southwest Pacific Tropical Cyclone Outlook

    Media release
    Moderate La Niña or neutral tropical conditions expected to produce near average activity across most islands.
  • Scientists' stunning images

    The winning photos of the 2016 NIWA Staff Photographic Competition. Read more about the winning photos
  • Scientists’ stunning images

    Media release
    From one pole to the other, NIWA scientists work in some of the world’s most extraordinary landscapes.
  • Critter of the Week: The tropical slate pencil urchin

    The NIWA Invertebrate Collection mainly consists of samples collected in the deepsea, but occasionally we find shallow exceptions like this stunning sea urchin.
  • NIWA kicks off busy season in Antarctica

    Media release
    NIWA scientists are this week making the final preparations for one of the organisation’s busiest summers at Antarctica.
  • Is La Niña in our future or not?

    News article
    And... what would that mean for New Zealand?
  • Beautiful Browns

    News article
    Do you know where in New Zealand to find Neptune’s necklace or rimurapa? Or how to tell apart Carpophyllum from Cystophora?
  • Beautiful Browns

    An interactive guide to the large brown seaweeds of New Zealand.
  • 2016_Otago_multibeam

    2016 - Otago multibeam

    Voyage
    Otago Multibeam 2: Great South Basin and Southern Canterbury Shelf.
  • Te Mahere Kāinga Koiora - Habitat Mapping Module

    This Habitat Mapping module will show you how to collect useful information to describe and monitor habitats in estuaries.