Atmospheric analysis

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

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    Looking at undersea landscapes from the air – finding fish nursery “hotspots” in the Kaipara Harbour

    News article
    11 March 2013

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    Understanding past changes in the Southern Ocean

    Research Project
    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.

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    Mapping our freshwater biodiversity

    Research Project
    The ability to properly manage our freshwater resources requires a solid understanding of the flora and fauna which live in and interact with them.
    Lakes
    Rivers

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    Acoustic and radio telemetry

    Radio and acoustic tracking of fish (or any animal) allows the movement and activity of animals to be recorded over the life of the transmitter (battery size dependent).

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    PIT tagger

    Passive Integrated Transponders (PIT) are used to tag fish (or any animal) for life.

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    Summer Series 7: Little squirts that hang out around the coast

    News article
    12 February 2013

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    New finds from the deep sea off New Zealand

    News article
    04 February 2013

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    NIWA’s Tangaroa sets sail to study how Antarctica affects ocean currents

    News article
    30 January 2013
    Antarctica
    Oceans

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    Bruker Spectrometers

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    Trace gas datasets - naming conventions and data formats

    Facility
    Trace gas datasets - naming conventions and data formats

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    2013 - Kermadec Trench

    News article
    17 January 2013
    Scientists set sail on NIWA's research vessel Kaharoa this week to film and explore many aspects of life in deep-sea habitats, and capture fish that are new to science, in the Kermadec Trench, northeast of New Zealand.

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    Summer Series 4: Life in the (ex) stream - exploring New Zealand's fabulous freshwater fauna

    News article
    15 January 2013
    Marine invertebrates