Pacific

Pacific early career marine scientists take part in a voyage of shared learning

Collaboration across Pacific Natural Hazards

Earth Sciences New Zealand support for Pacific early warning and resilience

Pacific Island Updates from Earth Sciences New Zealand.

A platform for early-career scientists from Pacific island nations to explore the key issues affecting their communities

Mangroves on the atoll of Ouvéa are struggling with the changing climate.

Researchers created national sea-level risk profiles for populations, buildings, croplands & infrastructure under present & future climate scenarios.

NIWA works collaboratively with our Pacific partners to support the sustainable management and resilience of the Pacific’s natural resources, environments and communities.

The Tongan deepwater demersal line fishery is a valuable source of income, livelihood, and social well-being for the people of Tonga. The fishery has a history of boom-and-bust cycles with fluctuating catches and poor economic returns.

The 2022 Tonga volcanic eruption triggered the fastest underwater flow ever recorded.

Mangrove systems on oceanic atolls may lose the race to keep pace with sea-level rise.

Prior to 15 January, Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai was a little-known undersea South Pacific volcano with a long name. Within 24 hours, it  was a global phenomenon – the site of the largest atmospheric explosion in almost 150 years. Jessica Rowley looks at why a remote Tongan volcano took the world by storm.