NIWA's educational resources and scientific data are tools for young people to learn about science.

Atlantis is a 3D, spatially-explicit, trophodynamic ecosystem model that integrates biology, physics, chemistry and human impacts to provide a synoptic view of marine ecosystem function.

Some simple steps to minimise the effects of aquaculture activities on water quality and mahinga kai.

This system combines daily sea-level data from NIWA, regional councils, port companies, Antarctica NZ, Bureau of Meteorology and territorial authorities.

Blooms of hazardous cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) in rivers, lakes and reservoirs can cause problems for both animal and human health.

The greenhouse effect is a warming of the earth's surface and lower atmosphere caused by substances which let the sun's energy through to the ground but impede the passage of energy from the earth back into space.

Currently, the most reliable method to estimate the age of tuna is by examination of their otoliths or "ear bones"

NIWA run a computer model which simulates wave heights across the Canterbury continental shelf and along the coast.

NIWA makes available and regularly updates results from several greenhouse gas measurement projects.

Dataset available for download