Oceans

RV Tangaroa undertook a 45-day voyage to the Southern Ocean and Ross Sea in January-February, 2021.

NIWA is leading a New Zealand partnership to map the South and West Pacific Ocean's seabed as part of a worldwide initiative to map the entire globe’s seafloor.

NIWA is working on macroalgae and microalgae with a wide range of stakeholders, government agencies, current clients and potential partners.

Using a novel observational platform – ocean gliders—this research will observe and understand subsurface variations in temperature, salinity, oxygen and biological factors in water shallower than 200 metres – what we consider to be the shelf seas.

The NIWA Biodiversity Memoirs are comprehensive, definitive, illustrated reference works that capture the rigorous, peer-reviewed scientific study of New Zealand’s distinctive marine fauna and flora.

Earth Sciences New Zealand are creating an AI-driven national forecasting system to effectively manage marine heatwaves.

Experts met at Solomon Islands National University to learn hands-on monitoring techniques for ocean acidification.

Scientists have used drones to video green turtles feeding in New Zealand waters for the first time.

A research team exploring marine sponges in Fiordland has found half of the 82 sponge specimens collected during a recent trip are new to science.  

A new report has outlined how gradual long-term warming of the waters around New Zealand, and an increase in short-term heat events, are likely under different greenhouse gas emission scenarios.

New methane seeps are being discovered at an astonishing rate in Antarctic waters.

Assessing sediment effects on seafloor primary production via satellite .