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Small transmitters on Weddell seals are helping protect more than a million square kilometres of Antarctic ocean.
Seaweed. It’s spectacular!
NIWA principal scientist Wendy Nelson’s field guide will get people talking about New Zealand seaweed.
From land to sea – tracing our trash
NIWA and the Sustainable Coastlines charitable organisation are collaborating to develop ‘source-to-sea’ methods to trace the movement of litter from stormwater systems, through rivers, to coastlines.
NIWA connection with huge international Ocean Discovery win
A multinational team of hydrographers, geologists and ocean mapping experts, including a NIWA marine geologist, has won the US$4 million Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE for the development of an autonomous system able to map the seafloor over long periods of time.
Stitching together a new view of the seafloor
Combining multibeam bathymetry, specialist GIS software and high-resolution camera footage, NIWA has produced startlingly vivid three-dimensional photo-mosaics of undersea habitats.
Tangaroa open day attracts hundreds of visitors
NIWA’s research vessel RV Tangaroa opened its gangway, decks and doors to an excited public in Dunedin last month.
Ambitious NIWA-led Antarctic Ocean project gets go-ahead
NIWA is to lead a new six-year project aimed at improving understanding of how the Antarctic oceans work.
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Regional Ocean Modelling System (ROMS) Numerical Modeller
Principal Scientist - Carbon Chemistry and Modelling
Coastal and Estuarine Physical Processes Scientist