Atmospheric analysis

Take a look inside NIWA's facilities - the species, the science and the future of our aquaculture industry.

A team of scientists from NIWA and four other organisations are taking part in the Three Kings Islands Marine Expedition,  recording the diversity of the marine life around these remote New Zealand islands. 

Growing global demand for protein and high-value food products from the sea is creating a significant economic opportunity for environmentally responsible and sustainable aquaculture.

Surveying work carried out by NIWA scientists this week is helping provide new insights into the tsunami risk from undersea landslides in the Kaikoura Canyon.

Summer of eResearch 2012 has funded a project to prototype an open, readily-accessible web interface for NIWA's National Climate Database, which collects and stores all of the information collected by NIWA's network of climate sensors and stations.

Coastal juvenile snapper

Juvenile snappers

NIWA has a number of projects that are allowing us to better understand the interaction between snapper and their environment over their life cycle.

The Southern Ocean has a strong influence on New Zealand and global climate. To understand how the oceans have changed over 1000s of years we use sediment archives from the seafloor.