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

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Rebekah Parsons-King, NIWA

Dave Pollard, Atmospheric Scientist stands next to the EM27/SUN. The Bruker EM27/SUN portable Fourier transform spectrometer, which takes measurements of the sun's infrared spectra to work out the amount of several greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.