Atmospheric analysis

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

  • CARIM (Coastal Acidification: Rate, Impacts & Management)

    Research Project
    A NIWA-led project to tackle coastal acidification in New Zealand.
  • New step for Kiwi-German scientific relations

    News article
    A long-standing international scientific partnership is being celebrated in Central Otago today.
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    When the river meets the sea, scientists will be watching

    News article
    Scientists are taking some high-tech equipment to Fiordland next week to find out more about what happens when a river meets the ocean.
  • Tapping into nature’s archive of change

    Feature story
    NIWA scientists are tapping into nature’s archives to understand our abrupt climate changes.
  • NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    On the North Island, soil moisture levels have generally remained the same or increased when compared to this time last week.
  • Critter of the Week: Amphinome rostrata - marine bristle worm

    Amphinome rostrata (Pallas, 1766), in the polychaete family Amphinomidae, can be found living amongst goose barnacles (species of Lepas) on drift objects in tropical oceans worldwide.
  • Scientists get boost to combat invasive marine pests

    News article
    Work to protect New Zealand waters from an increasing number of invasive biological pests has received a funding boost to fight their spread.
  • Ross Sea fish surveys

    Research Project
    We don’t clearly understand the ecological effects of commerical toothfish fishing in the Ross Sea region. To improve our knowledge, we conducted a survey of demersal (bottom-dwelling) fish species on the Ross Sea slope - particularly grenadiers and icefish - during the 2015 Antarctic Ecosystems Voyage.
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    Tropical Cyclone Winston Update #3

    News article
    Tropical Cyclone Winston is showing some signs of weakening as of this morning, now located about 600km southeast of Vanuatu’s southernmost islands.
  • Mapping the ecosystem service potential of our coasts

    Research Project
    Estuaries and coasts provide a wide range of benefits to New Zealanders – “ecosystem services”. However, we still don’t know enough about these ecosystem services – a challenge NIWA and other scientists are tackling with a new technique.
  • Tropical Cyclone Winston Update #2

    News article
    NIWA meteorologists continue to monitor the progression of Tropical Cyclone Winston.
  • NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    Changes in soil moisture levels across the North Island vary when compared to this time last week, with a mixture of both increased and decreased moisture.