Atmospheric analysis

NIWA scientists use the latest multibeam echo-sounding technology to generate new charts of the seafloor around Kapiti island.

Scientists from around the world will be at NIWA’s atmospheric research station in Central Otago next week to observe a rare astronomical event.

We are using modern techniques to map seafloor surrounding Kapiti Island, an area of significant cultural and environmental value to New Zealand.

NIWA researchers have produced a series of calendars to inform people when New Zealand's native freshwater and sport fish are migrating and spawning.

NIWA's publication "Freshwater Fish Spawning and Migration Periods" is designed to help people working near freshwater to minimise effects of their work on freshwater fish species.

NIWA's Dr Richard Querel's alma mater, University of Lethbridge in Alberta, has noted his ozone research on its website.

This week we look at Telopathes (black corals).

The World Meteorological Organisation Congress has confirmed NIWA's Lauder atmospheric research station as one of Earth's leading providers of upper-air data critical for measuring climate change.

NIWA has developed new tools that can help farmers decide when to irrigate or fertilise.

A team of marine geoscientists from New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research begins mapping the submarine landscape of Kapiti Island and Coast on Friday, 5 June.

This week’s Critters include a large branching hydroid, to which is attached two curious, and little-known, invertebrates.