Atmospheric analysis

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

  • Critter of the Week: Trophomera sp.: the lowest of the low

    This week we introduce to you the deepest parasite ever recorded, a nematode of the genus Trophomera Rubtzov & Platonova 1974.
  • New Zealand Ocean Acidification Observing Network (NZOA-ON)

    Research Project
    Ocean acidification conditions around the New Zealand coast are being measured to establish baseline conditions and to quantify future change.
  • Kapiti multibeam survey

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

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    Scientists flock to NIWA site for rare show of Pluto

    Media release
    Scientists from around the world will be at NIWA’s atmospheric research station in Central Otago next week to observe a rare astronomical event.
  • Revealing Kapiti Island's submarine landscape

    Research Project
    We are using modern techniques to map seafloor surrounding Kapiti Island, an area of significant cultural and environmental value to New Zealand.
  • NIWA makes a date with freshwater fish

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

    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.
  • Lauder leader's ozone work feted

    News article
    NIWA's Dr Richard Querel's alma mater, University of Lethbridge in Alberta, has noted his ozone research on its website.
  • Critter of the Week: Telopathes (black coral)

    This week we look at Telopathes (black corals).
  • World congress confirms Lauder’s expertise

    News article
    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 Irrimet

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