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Emperor penguins on the frozen Ross Sea – but what does the future hold for them? “Some species will flourish when waters warm, glaciers retreat or sea ice cover decreases. Others will be increasingly squeezed into smaller and smaller refuge habitats,” he said. “Already some species are expanding southwards as the Antarctic Peninsula warms.” As temperatures increase the need for strict biosecurity will be greater than ever to ensure organisms are not transferred by tourists or scientists, he said. The research concluded that climate change is the greatest “anthropogenic threat” (relating to human activity) that Antarctica faces, now and in the future.
Press Release – NIWA Where theres mud, theres scientists. NIWA divers recently got down and dirty while completing a harbour-wide dive survey in the Wellington area. A NIWA dive team visited 20 sites in the Wellington and Porirua harbours during November working in …
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.
A NIWA dive team visited 20 sites in the Wellington and Porirua harbours during November working in low-visibility conditions to collect sediment samples from the seafloor.
The same survey is carried out every four years as part of Greater Wellington Regional Council’s Coastal Programme. Its aim is to understand the health of the harbours, including what contaminants are found in the seafloor sediments, where they are found and the types of animal communities living there.