Occasionally, walking along the beach, we have all come across the sad sight of a dead seabird. Just as our Trust is interested in reports of dead penguins to help inform our conservation efforts, there are others interested in all dead seabirds as an important way of studying seabird movements throughout the year and understanding […]
Although the early new year is set to bring rain to many areas, severe marine heatwaves are forecast for the bottom of the South Island where sea surface temperatures will reach a whopping 4 degrees or more above average. This is according to MetService oceanographer Dr Joao de Souza, who is tracking marine heatwaves as […]
SwellMap’s temperature anomaly map showing water temperatures in the Cook Strait are up 1.45°C above average on the 23rd of December 2022. Now available: Ocean temperature forecast shows if water is colder or warmer than expected As the climate changes, our seas are getting warmer. A new forecast developed by the MetService-led Moana Project is […]
Roughly a quarter of the yellow-eyed penguin chicks from the mainland died from the respiratory disease during the 2021 November to December hatching season. The likely cause of a disease that’s resulted in mass deaths among critically endangered hoiho (yellow eyed penguin) chicks has been discovered, but perhaps with hopes it can eventually be prevented. Read the […]
“Chile’s government has rejected a controversial $2.5bn iron and copper mining project proposed in an important area for biodiversity and marine life. The Dominga project, 70km north of the city of La Serena, would have seen an open-pit mine, processing and desalination plants, as well as a large port, installed just 30km from a famed […]
