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Scientists return from Antarctic voyage
Media release14 February 2019After travelling almost 12,000km in the past six weeks, a group of scientists returns to Wellington at the weekend with new knowledge about life in the Ross Sea of Antarctica. -
They were defrosting leopard seal poo...you won't believe what happened next!
News article05 February 2019For more than a year a frozen slab of leopard seal poo sat in a NIWA freezer. The poo, known scientifically as scat and about the size of two bread rolls, is as good as gold for leopard seal researchers. -
Mitigating ocean acidification to protect mussels
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Voyage Update 5: sampling rattails and exploring vulnerable coral habitats in the MPA
3 February 2019. By Voyage Leader Dr Richard O'Driscoll. -
Voyage Update 4: Toothfish habitat in and out of the MPA
29 January 2019. By Voyage Leader Dr Richard O'Driscoll. -
Voyage Update 3: Phytoplankton producers powering the world
23 January 2019. By Voyage Leader Dr Richard O'Driscoll. -
Scientists confirm warming seas around New Zealand
Media release24 January 2019The water in the New Zealand region is significantly warmer than it was 30 years ago, and all indications are the warming trend will continue, says a NIWA scientist. -
Voyage update 2: Cape Adare
17 January 2019. By Voyage Leader Dr Richard O'Driscoll. -
Sea Surface Temperature Update
Publication seriesTo give insights to sea surface temperatures, NIWA scientists have combined predictions from ten climate models from institutes around the world. -
The Ross Sea Region Research and Monitoring Programme
Research ProjectThe Ross Sea Region Research and Monitoring Programme (Ross-RAMP) is a five-year research programme funded by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and run by NIWA to evaluate the effectiveness of the Ross Sea Marine Protected Area. -
Voyage Update 8. Phytoplankton diversity and production
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Voyage Update 9: Protistan diversity
During the voyage, we collected planktonic protist cells for which DNA will be sequenced for taxonomic identification, but also to understand their physiology through the daily diurnal vertical migration (diel) cycle.