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Science Centres: Atmosphere

21 October 2011

World experts on greenhouse gases will get together at the 16th WMO/ /IAEA meeting on Carbon Dioxide, other Greenhouse Gases, and Related Measurement Techniques (GGMT) conference, from 25-28 October 2011, in Wellington.

2 August 2011

New Zealanders love their wood burners and keeping warm in winter, but wood burners and how they are being used are the major contributors to winter urban air pollution. NIWA scientists are assessing the emissions from wood burners, and learning more about how users' behaviour may affect emissions.

14 July 2011

NIWA scientists are investigating traffic-related air pollution and ultra-fine particles at Auckland schools, inside and outside classrooms, to help understand the long-term health effects on children.

14 June 2011

NIWA scientists have been at work all weekend measuring the height of the volcanic ash clouds as they approached and passed over Lauder, in Central Otago. This work has been done to support predictions about the ash cloud and its effects.

7 April 2011

Lauder celebrates 50 years of atmospheric research.

14 January 2011

NIWA is pleased to invite you to participate in the 16th WMO/IAEA Meeting on Carbon Dioxide, Other Greenhouse Gases, and Related Measurement Techniques.

3 December 2010

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has announced that the main greenhouse gases have reached their highest levels recorded since pre-industrial times (before 1750). According to the WMO, in 2009 there was 38% more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than pre-industrial; methane was 158% higher, and nitrous oxide 19% more. Data from New Zealand contributes to this global picture.

22 November 2010

NIWA looks below Antarctic ice shelves to investigate the polar ocean system with a new high-tech probe.

5 November 2010

NIWA’s annual end-of-summer survey of the snowline on key South Island glaciers shows, on average, a very slight net gain in the amount of snow at the top of those glaciers.

15 September 2010

Despite the small size of this year’s ozone hole, scientists cannot yet say whether this ozone hole season marks the start of a sustained recovery of the Antarctic ozone layer or just year-to-year variation.

2 September 2010

NIWA is looking at the long-term effects of motorways and wood smoke on air quality. Scientists are assessing the impacts of Auckland’s southern motorway on air quality in a surrounding neighbourhood. They are doing this to understand more about the health effects of air pollution.

4 June 2010

New Zealand science is taking a global lead in assessing techniques for the mitigation of pastoral greenhouse gas emissions.

13 May 2010

NIWA scientists say concentrations of ozone high in the atmosphere are projected to increase.

13 April 2010

The HIAPER jet recently flew very low over NIWA’s atmospheric climate research station at Lauder. The international mission is taking a slice of the atmosphere, so scientists can learn more about greenhouse gases globally.

12 April 2010

New research by NIWA into the risks and health benefits of UV radiation has given scientists a better understanding of the health risks and possible benefits of sun beds.

23 December 2009

The statement made by NIWA Principal Scientist, Dr Keith Lassey in a TV3 news story about methane (22 Dec 2009) is correct.

22 December 2009

The concentration of methane in the atmosphere is rising, according to measurements made by NIWA.

9 November 2009

Pole-to-pole flights provide a global picture of greenhouse gases: this month a team of international scientists will fly from the Arctic to the Antarctic aboard an exceptional jet.

4 November 2009

NZ scientists endured the dark polar winter to find what drives the dramatic growth of sea ice

28 August 2009

NIWA and IBM today announced a multi-million dollar partnership where NIWA will purchase one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers for use in environmental forecasting.