Science
High-tech science equipment is used to look at, measure and describe terrestrial Antarctic biology. From field collection to laboratory analysis, technological equipment is used by the nzTABS researchers to make new discoveries about the biology they are studying. Click to find out more about the state-of-the-art science equipment used in this project.

Moni-Da Moni-da is a new system specially designed to monitor photosynthetic activity on plants and to withstand hard climatic conditions... more Weather Each of the three valleys we are studying has an automatic weather station, which is a collection of sensors that continuously... more Cameras Digital Cameras are very useful equipment for the nzTABS researchers. While always useful to capture the spectacular scenery while.... more iButtons iButtons are small, round metal discs, about the shape and size of a coat button (16 mm) that have a simple computer chip inside that can.... more Sample Kits The sampling kit consists of all necessary equipment to complete site surveying, soil sampling, and invertebrate... more ATP ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is a molecule that all living organisms use for energy, so the amount of biomass in a sample can... more Water Water is a basic requirement of all life as we know it. However, determining how much water is available to life is quite a complicated.... more pH The pH of a soil is a measurement of hydrogen ion concentration and indicates how acidic or alkaline a sample is. Soil pH is... more Crary Lab The very labour intense nature of extracting soil invertebrates (i.e nematodes, tardigrades and rotifers) made the processing... more GIS Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the use of remotely sensed satellite imagery have greatly enhanced the capability of scientists to examine... more A day in the Miers Lab tent Video Dust Traps How much dust and sand gets blown around the valleys during a storm? We didn’t experience any duststorms while we were in the field... more