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The state of our marine environment – Expert Reaction

The state of our marine environment – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 14 October 2022

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

Oceans threatened on multiple fronts – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 17 October 201930 October 2019

Our oceans and coasts are feeling the pressure on all fronts as the cumulative effects of climate change, biodiversity loss, and human activities […]

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Proposal to ban microbeads in cosmetics – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 16 January 201711 April 2018

Cosmetic products containing microbeads will be banned under a proposal announced by the Minister for the Environment today. Marine scientists […]

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Effects of Kaikoura quake evident – In the News

In the News  |  Published: 06 December 201611 April 2018

Three weeks after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the South Island, isolating the coastal town of Kaikoura and shutting buildings […]

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Marine uplift from Kaikoura earthquake – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 16 November 201611 April 2018

Among the startling images of landslides, broken roads and railway tracks tossed aside by Monday morning’s Kaikoura earthquake, we’ve also […]

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World’s oceans clogged with plastic debris

World’s oceans clogged with plastic debris

In the News  |  Published: 11 December 201426 February 2019

Almost 269,000 tonnes of plastic pollution may be floating in the world’s oceans, according a team of scientists from around […]

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Seabed mining in the NZ Herald

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 28 August 201228 August 2012

In the New Zealand Herald Andy Kenworthy takes a look at seabed mining and the EEZ – an issue covered […]

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