Coasts

Where there’s mud, there’s scientists. NIWA divers recently got down and dirty while completing a harbour-wide dive survey in the Wellington area.

Jellyfish blooms are likely to be a common sight this summer with rising ocean temperatures one of the main causes of substantial population growths.

How do humans impact shallow marine environments?

Acoustic monitoring of sperm whales

A web application tool to explore monitoring data and model predictions related to stream and estuary eutrophication

Our team of researchers have recently returned from a voyage onboard RV Tangaroa to retrieve moorings deployed to collect sediment samples from the Kaikōura Canyon.

Small orange flecks spotted floating around in a respiration chamber at a NIWA laboratory have led to a discovery about the spawning habits of a deep-sea stony coral in New Zealand waters.

Sea spiders look similar to land spiders, but they are in their own special group.

A global survey involving 123 scientists from 58 nations raises concerns about the global status of reef sharks.

The NIWA Invertebrate Collection (NIC) holds specimens from almost all invertebrate phyla.

Have you ever seen these shells on the beach?

Ashley Rowden and Katie Bigham talk about the positive changes observed on the seafloor following the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake.