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Nameless nodes get new look from NIWA

29 July 2020
At the bottom of the Southern Ocean, near Cape Adare in East Antarctica, lies an undersea ridge which until this month was only known by its co-ordinates: -71.2132 latitude, 172.1649 longitude.
Antarctica
Coasts
Oceanography
Oceans
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Concepts in sustainable aquaculture - IMTA

23 July 2020
New ways to address environmental sustainability challenges faced by the aquaculture industry have been evaluated by a group of scientists as the industry anticipates increasing export earnings to $NZ3 billion by 2035.
Aquaculture
Coasts
Fish
Oceans
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NIWA crew face record time at sea

21 July 2020
Coronavirus border restrictions mean six NIWA staff face four straight months at sea in a bid to keep an international ocean research project afloat.
Climate
Modelling
Oceanography
Oceans
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16 July 2020
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NIWA mapping seafloor around Whakaari/White Island

NIWA scientists are heading to the waters around Whakaari/White Island in the Bay of Plenty next week to survey changes to the seafloor.
3 July 2020
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The climate record that keeps getting broken

Among the multitude of New Zealand climate statistics there is one record that continues to be broken month after month.
30 June 2020
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New ocean data from under the world’s biggest ice shelf

New measurements from the ocean under the centre of the Ross Ice Shelf have significantly improved our understanding of the complex processes that drive melting in Antarctica.
24 June 2020
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Glaciers continue to melt away

Scientists analysing end-of-summer snowline survey photos have estimated that 13 million cubic meters of ice have been lost from just one glacier from 2016 to 2019.
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Combining measurements of greenhouse gases in the air above New Zealand with models that tell where those gases have come from, CarbonWatch NZ is giving us a bird's eye view of our country’s carbon balance.

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Features

Glacier melt: A Time Capsule

25 June 2020

Since 2016 enough ice has melted from the South Island’s Brewster Glacier to meet the drinking water needs of all New Zealanders for three years.

Hitting the high notes

Hitting the high notes

1 February 2020
Dr Kameron Christopher plays a mean sax. Campbell Gardiner checks in with NIWA’s new Chief Scientist for High Performance Computing and Data Science.

Unlocking the mysterious marine life of eels

Unlocking the mysterious marine life of eels

1 February 2020
Tiny, translucent eels may hold the answers to one of the fish world’s great mysteries. Zen Gregor investigates.

The man of many pathways

The man of many pathways

1 February 2020
Dr Rob Bell worked out a long time ago that sea-level rise is much more than a scientific problem. No wonder then that people say his ability to listen is one of his best traits.