Atmospheric analysis

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

  • Environmental Flows Strategic Allocation Platform (EFSAP)

    EFSAP is a water planning and management tool designed to assist with setting regional or large-scale water resource use limits for rivers.
  • NIWA urges farmers to prepare for climate change

    Media release
    NIWA is encouraging farmers to plan for climate change so they can maximise their abilities to adapt and thrive as significant change begins to take place.
  • La Niña's gone; wild and unruly arrives

    Media release
    We've got hot temperatures, we've got cold temperatures, freezing temperatures, ice, snow, hail, rain - and even a few rays of sunshine. And one very confused weather pattern.
  • Well-informed, better prepared

    Our scientists provide the knowledge key for evidence-based decision-making and for our society as a whole.
  • Underwater footage shows exceptional clarity of Te Waikoropupū Springs

    Media release
    On the bottom of New Zealand’s largest freshwater springs is an underwater garden of vivid green, pinks and inky blues.
  • Scientists bring in schoolchildren to help with air quality research

    Media release
    Pupils at a Central Otago primary school are helping NIWA air quality scientists learn more about pollution in their town in a four-month project that will track where smoke comes from and where it goes over winter.
  • 2018 UV Workshop

    Presented papers, arranged by workshop programme.
  • Waikoropupu Springs video

    NIWA freshwater scientists have completed monitoring the ultra-clear water of the Te Waikoropupū Springs near Takaka.
  • 2018 - Hikurangi subduction margin - cover image

    2018 - Hikurangi subduction margin

    Voyage
    TAN1712-1803 voyage report for ocean bottom seismograph recovery in support of seismic surveys (ORCSS 2 and 3): 3D survey offshore East Coast North Island
  • NZ Snowline Survey

  • NIWA undertakes an ambitious, complex seabed experiment

    Media release
    One of the most challenging scientific underwater experiments ever attempted by NIWA is taking place this month on the Chatham Rise.
  • 2018 - Chatham Rise seabed

    Voyage
    The R V Tangaroa headed to the Chatham Rise from 9 May to 7 June 2018 to measure and monitor the effects of seabed disturbance on sealife.