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Methane monitoring advances promise benefits for agriculture and waste sectors
Media release10 July 2025Accurately measuring methane emissions, verifying sources and validating efforts to reduce them. -
Loss of contact with MethaneSAT satellite won’t stop agricultural emissions research
Media release02 July 2025Earth Sciences New Zealand statement on loss of contact with MethaneSAT satellite. -
A new era for New Zealand science
Media release01 July 2025Today marks the first day of Earth Sciences New Zealand and the start of a new era for science. -
Better forecasting fish abundances under climate change
Research ProjectNIWA are developing a modelling approach to better predict fish abundances in the past, to then be able to forecast fish abundances in the future under climate change and fishing scenarios -
Matariki 2025 viewing conditions
Media release19 June 2025When will I be able to see Matariki rising? -
The I-MIX Project
Research ProjectHow Internal wave MIXing is altered by climate change and what are the consequences for ecosystems? -
Native forests sink more carbon than expected
Media release17 June 2025A NIWA-led study has found New Zealand’s native forests are absorbing more carbon dioxide (CO2) than previously thought. -
Marine carbon
ServiceNIWA has the expertise, facilities and vessels to conduct research on marine carbon around the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, and from the South Pacific to Antarctica. -
Lake restoration gets global spotlight
Media release05 June 2025An ambitious plan to reverse the decline of the largest lake in Northland is set to gain global attention at an upcoming international gathering of lake management experts in Australia.