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marine biodiversity

Deep-sea critters attracting patents – Expert Reaction

Deep-sea critters attracting patents – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 09 August 202430 October 2024

Patents to exploit deep-sea marine organisms are increasing, according to a new study in Nature Sustainability.  A new database of marine genes in […]

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A treaty for the high seas – Expert Reaction

A treaty for the high seas – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 08 March 2023

After almost 20 years of talks, United Nations member states have agreed on a legal framework for parts of the […]

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How warming oceans increased marine biodiversity – Expert Reaction

How warming oceans increased marine biodiversity – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 27 August 202127 August 2021

New Zealand has marine fossil records that span the course of 40 million years. Now they’re giving us a glimpse at how marine […]

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Landmark ‘Census of Marine Life’ effort culminates today

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 05 October 201005 October 2010

The first-ever global Census of Marine Life will officially conclude today at a news conference in London, after a decade […]

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NZ Herald: Ocean dwellers miss the census

In the News  |  Published: 09 August 2010

Geoff Cumming writes in the New Zealand Herald about a recent report which says that, at a time when our […]

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NZ Herald: An eye on marine life

In the News  |  Published: 09 August 2010

New Zealand scientists have been involved in a 10-year long census of the ocean’s biodiversity, which found that most marine […]

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Newsletter Digest: Cloning, oil spills and the Nutty Professor

Blog  |  Published: 06 August 201027 February 2020

Sacked drug adviser tours NZ Professor David Nutt grabbed headlines in the UK last year when the chair of the […]

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3 News/NZPA:NZ stars in global census of marine biodiversity

In the News  |  Published: 04 August 2010

New Zealand’s waters have been identified as a hotspot for marine biodiversity, according to a global census on the subject. […]

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