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Date: March 15, 2010
The world’s largest, non-lethal whale research expedition has returned from Antarctic waters with a range of new information that will help inform future marine mammal conservation.
Date: March 09, 2010
A carnivorous sponge with ‘lip-shaped’ spicules has been identified from the dark depths of the ocean.
Date: March 08, 2010
NIWA scientists are in the pink! They’re studying the deep candy pink or purple coralline algae, abundant around the New Zealand shoreline and throughout the world, which play a vital role in marine ecosystems.
Date: March 05, 2010
The results from 19 sea-level gauges around New Zealand reveal that six locations had peak wave heights of over one metre generated by a magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Chile on 27 February.
Date: March 02, 2010
Want to know about New Zealand temperature trends? There are several lines of analysis, including a seven-station series and an eleven-station series. This page is your handy hub to access data and information about NIWA's long-term temperature series.
Date: March 01, 2010
NIWA and the Bluff Oyster Management Company have just completed a pre-season survey of the oyster beds in Foveaux Strait.
Date: February 26, 2010
The joint Australia-New Zealand Antarctic Whale Expedition is underway on-board NIWA's research vessel Tangaroa. The Australian Antarctic Division have released this progress report.
Date: February 15, 2010
Climate and weather organisations across the Pacific are still predicting near normal tropical cyclone activity across the southwest Pacific for the rest of the season through to April. On average, nine tropical cyclones occur in the region each cyclone season (Nov-Apr).
Date: February 04, 2010
Two New Zealand research organisations will work closely with one of the world’s leading ocean research and engineering organisations to accelerate research and exploration in a wide range of oceanographic topics in the southwest Pacific region.
Date: February 03, 2010
Australia and New Zealand have launched the first Antarctic whale research expedition as part of the Southern Ocean Research Partnership in Wellington today. The expedition will undertake six weeks of research aboard the NIWA vessel RV Tangaroa in Antarctic waters and will use state of the art non-lethal techniques such as satellite tracking and acoustics surveys to study whales in the Southern Ocean.
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