Oceans

30 October 2018. By Voyage Leader Dr Moira Decima.

Scientists will be trying to understand how Antarctic-based Weddell seals see the world when they head to the ice next week.

Sampling salps from different depths

25 October 2018. By Voyage Leader Dr Moira Decima.

24 October 2018: NIWA Blake Ambassadors Lana Young and Siobhan O'Connor report back

Students at Leigh School have been working with marine scientists and the 'Year of the Salps' project partners to learn how to count sea salps, understand salp life cycle phases and the importance of salps in marine ecosystems and their carbon-cycling effects on climate change.

Who is involved in the TAN1810 SalPOOP voyage?

A chance find by a woman walking on a Northland beach is now helping scientists learn more about mako sharks.

Research conducted after the 2016, 7.8 magnitude Kaikōura earthquake has provided scientists with an extremely rare opportunity to understand the processes that shape submarine canyons.

As part of a Pacific-wide study, NIWA is measuring the survival rate of sharks returned to the sea by commercial tuna fishers.

A NIWA scientist who spent years poring over handwritten scientific notes stored in about 50 large wooden drawers, has seen the fruits of her labour now being used in ways she never imagined.

The new science season at Antarctica is just a few days away from opening and NIWA researchers are busy packing containers and shipping them to the ice where they will be reunited with them in the coming months.