What are the most pressing issues in our oceans, seas, coastlines, and estuaries? Our Marine Environment 2022, produced by The Ministry […]
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Oceans threatened on multiple fronts – Expert Reaction
Our oceans and coasts are feeling the pressure on all fronts as the cumulative effects of climate change, biodiversity loss, and human activities […]
Continue readingProposal to ban microbeads in cosmetics – Expert Reaction
Cosmetic products containing microbeads will be banned under a proposal announced by the Minister for the Environment today. Marine scientists […]
Continue readingEffects of Kaikoura quake evident – In the News
Three weeks after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the South Island, isolating the coastal town of Kaikoura and shutting buildings […]
Continue readingMarine uplift from Kaikoura earthquake – Expert Reaction
Among the startling images of landslides, broken roads and railway tracks tossed aside by Monday morning’s Kaikoura earthquake, we’ve also […]
Continue readingWorld’s oceans clogged with plastic debris
Almost 269,000 tonnes of plastic pollution may be floating in the world’s oceans, according a team of scientists from around […]
Continue readingSeabed mining in the NZ Herald
In the New Zealand Herald Andy Kenworthy takes a look at seabed mining and the EEZ – an issue covered […]
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