Atmospheric analysis

An animal entirely made out of glass? We don’t have to go to an alien world for this but just have to look deep into our oceans.

NIWA researchers have made a prominent contribution to new research showing the international treaty to protect the ozone layer is working ¬- despite the discovery of increased levels of ozone-depleting hydrogen chloride in the Northern Hemisphere.

This long spiny-armed brittle star is named Ophiocamax gigas Koehler, 1900, and was collected from 700 m deep on the Admiralty Seamount, just north of the Ross Sea, Antarctica in 2008.

The Antarctic ‘sea pig’ (Protelpidia murrayi) is a type of sea cucumber that can be found roaming the muddy seafloor in the Ross Sea.

Our largest New Zealand king crab is something to behold when it comes on deck.

A regional climatology is a summary of the typical weather and climate of a region, based on historical data observations made at climate stations located within the region.

The weather of the Chatham Islands is marked by rapid changes of conditions, and typically windy cloudy conditions.

Nelson City and Tasman District are located in the most north-westerly part of the South Island and generally are the first to be influenced by weather systems moving onto the island from the north.

The climate and weather of the Wellington region is characterised by strong variations in space and time, strongly influenced by the presence of Cook Straight and the rugged local topography.

The climate of Taranaki is determined largely by its position in relation to the large scale weather patterns affecting New Zealand.

The climate of Hawke’s Bay is influenced largely by the orography and the airstreams crossing New Zealand.

Auckland experiences a subtropical climate. The region lies some 13° of latitude south of the Tropic of Capricorn, so tropical plants which are protected for the winter months will flower and fruit in the summer.