Atmospheric analysis

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

  • Critter of the Week: Upogebia hirtifrons - the mud shrimp

    The mud shrimp species Upogebia hirtifrons (White, 1847) is a member of the large and widespread Upogebiidae family.
  • David Wratt - How is sea level rise likely to affect us in the next 100 years?

  • David Wratt - What changes in weather can we expect from climate change?

  • NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    A hotspot persists and has expanded in the Wairarapa region. In the South Island, hotspots exist in eastern Marlborough and from central Canterbury through to northeast Otago.
  • Recovering plants for reintroduction to Lake Ōmāpere

    Research Project
    Three plants of an endemic submerged quillwort (Isoëtes) were recovered from Lake Ōmāpere by NIWA in 1998, prior to the lake weed (Egeria densa) dying off and the lake switching into an algal dominated turbid state. No further isoëtes plants have been observed in the lake since that time.
  • Deep South National Science Challenge projects confirmed

    Media release
    Understanding our future climate so New Zealanders can adapt and thrive is the aim of the Deep South National Science Challenge, which today announced its first allocation of funds to improve predictions of climate change.
  • NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
  • New Zealand’s youngest scientists use interactive tool to learn about air quality

    News article
    They may not be old enough to start school yet, but that isn’t stopping children in South Auckland getting to grips with science.
  • Critter of the Week: Histioteuthis – the cock-eyed squid

    The squid genus Histioteuthis is commonly known as the violet or cock-eyed squid.
  • NIWA's contribution to Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment's report

    News article
    The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has released a report warning that New Zealand needs to better prepare for rising seas on its coastal towns and cities.
  • The Fishes of New Zealand — the first comprehensive catalogue of New Zealand Fish for more than 140 years

    Media release
    Te Papa has released a publication containing information, including pictures, distribution maps for all 1,262 known fish species found in our waters.
  • NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.