Atmospheric analysis

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

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    Scientist brews up beer for sale

    News article
    Hamilton scientist Karl Safi, last year crowned New Zealand’s best home brewer, can now buy his own beer at the supermarket.
  • 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. Regions experiencing these soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”.
  • Scientists produce stunning images

    News article
    The winners for 2015 Staff Photo Competition were announced at NIWA’s annual Excellence Awards ceremony in Auckland last night.
  • 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.
  • Critter of the Week: Coronaster reticulatus – a Kermadec seastar

    On 29 September 2015 the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Rt Hon John Key, announced a new Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary stretching from Raoul Island in the north to L’Esperance Rock in the south – covering an area of 620,000 square kilometres of ocean.
  • Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node

    The Southwestern Pacific OBIS Node site is a gateway to marine biodiversity data from Antarctica to as far north as Fiji.
  • Where there’s smoke, there’s air quality scientists

    Media release
    NIWA scientists are now analysing data gathered from an air quality pilot experiment in Rangiora that could revolutionise the way communities can measure and control pollution.
  • 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.
  • Critter of the Week: an exciting discovery, the Vesicomyidae clam

    A paper has just been published this month revealing the exciting discovery of an undescribed species of clam from the family Vesicomyidae.
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    NIWA counting fish in Marlborough Sounds

    Media release
    Recreational fishers in the Marlborough Sounds, Tasman and Golden Bays are being approached at boat ramps in the region in the hope they will provide information on their catches for a research survey.
  • 2012 - Orange roughy in situ

    Moored underwater cameras have exposed the secret lives of orange roughy nearly 900 metres below the ocean surface.
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    The tempers and tantrums of spring

    Blog
    Just as we were ready to dust of our Jandals, you may be wondering why suddenly it feels as though we have been hit with a second winter!