Atmospheric analysis

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

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    Critter of the Week - precious coral Corallium

    This week, let us celebrate the closely related genus Corallium in honour of our visiting scientist Tzu Hsuan Tu from the National Taiwan University in Taipei.
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    Critter of the week - What’s for dinner? Parazoanthus and Nyctiphanes

    Award-winning underwater photographer Richie Robinson spotted this little common euphausid shrimp Nyctiphanes half emerging from a polyp of the zoanthid at the Poor Knights Islands.
  • Ocean acidification - What does it mean for Shellfish?

    This video has been produced to highlight ocean acidification as a potential issue affecting the NZ shellfish aquaculture industry
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    Ocean acidification - what does it mean for shellfish?

    News article
    A video has been produced to show how NIWA and a range of partners are collaborating to understand global ocean acidification and how increasing ocean acidity is affecting shellfish and the aquaculture industry.
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    Scientist plumb depths in search of clues to the earth’s climate

    News article
    NIWA scientists are this month launching some cutting-edge technology capable of finding out what's going on at the bottom of the ocean.
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    Vehicle Ventilation Model.

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    Prime Minister inspects NIWA product at Fieldays

    News article
    Prime Minister John Key and Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce had a surprise meeting at NIWA's Fieldays stand today.
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    Off to Fieldays? We don’t want to dampen your spirits but…

    News article
    NIWA has a message for opening day visitors to the rural sector’s biggest event of the year: go prepared.
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    Southern Alps focus for large international science experiment

    News article
    NIWA scientists are this month taking a significant role in one of the largest science experiments to take place in New Zealand.
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    Northern-hemisphere fossil discovered living in New Zealand

    News article
    A marine animal thought to have been extinct for four million years has been found alive and well and living near Picton.
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    NIWA scientists make waves about sea ice

    News article
    NIWA scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding one of the key processes driving changes in sea ice.