Coasts & Oceans
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NZ Great White shark sets new distance record
A 4.4 metre female great white shark has set a new distance record for a New Zealand shark by swimming over 3000km to the tropical waters of the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
NZ scientists to lead submarine investigation in the Mediterranean
GNS Science scientists are to join American Italian colleagues for the first-ever systematic investigation of submarine hydrothermal activity in the Mediterranean Sea.
Anenome discovered in bioblitz could be a new species
A tiny, many-tentacled anemone discovered by NIWA scientist Malcolm Francis the Marine Bioblitz at Island Bay may be a previously undiscovered species.
Harbour seabed to be mapped
In a joint venture between NIWA, Victoria University and the Conservation Department, a mission to map Wellington Harbour's seabed is about to start.
Robotic Vehicles To Explore Offshore Volcano
In a project led by GNS Science, unmanned vehicles will fly into the crater of an offshore volcano to map it and search for possible mineral deposits.
Ocean robots set course
NIWA’s research vessel Kaharoa, will spend the next month deploying high tech ocean-profiling floats in the mid-Pacific. The 28–30 day journey will take the crew of five in a loop from Wellington up towards French Polynesia then back to Auckland without making landfall.
Expedition to measure world’s largest current
A trans-Tasman team of scientists lead by Dr Mike Williams of NIWA is setting out to discover just how much water flows south of New Zealand as part of the world’s largest current, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
Intensive study Of NZ seafloor underway
A focus of the project is to learn more about gas hydrates - deposits of frozen methane beneath the sea floor off the North Island’s east coast.
Sea reveals new energy source
NIWA scientists searching for exotic life forms living around seafloor methane seeps have also recovered chunks of frozen methane from along the edge of the continental shelf.
Drifting icebergs on the go for six years
The icebergs drifting off the Otago coast have covered 13,500km from the Antarctic's Ronne Ice Shelf.
