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Anti-oil activists lock themselves to government building

Climate change warning for Auckland

Aucklanders need to prepare for the wide-ranging impacts that climate change will have on their city, a leading scientist says.

NZ sea levels set to rise 30cm - report

Sea levels will rise 30cm around New Zealand by 2050 and threaten coastal properties and infrastructure in low-lying areas, a new report warns.

Hours before passenger reported lost

The Sun Princess arrived in Sydney this morning after returning to sea in an attempt to find a man lost overboard.

What the ice belt means for sea levels

Changes to the Southern Ocean's sea ice belt could mean see the global level rising several metres, says a new study which has shed more light on an ice-age mystery.

New alert to warn of jellyfish swarms

A sonar early warning system is being developed to stop swarms of jellyfish shutting down Britain’s nuclear power plants.

NZ's record holding freediver

It was merely fanciful, of course, to imagine that going to meet William Trubridge, the world record holding freediver, would be like going to meet a merman.

John Roughan: Ocean eco-caution being taken too far

The consortium that pumps gas from the Maui offshore platforms appears to have been forgivably naughty.

Shark's incredible trek

New research has confirmed waters off Auckland are crucial breeding grounds for a keystone shark species.

Oceans' health being adversely affected

Antarctic sea level rise could be more dramatic than earlier thought - expert

The threat that may be worse than climate change

The world's leading expert on the poisoning of the oceans has described how he was "utterly shocked" by the true amount of plastic floating on the sea, warning that it potentially posed a bigger threat to the planet than climate change.

Bottoms up: How whale poop helps feed the ocean

Centuries of over-exploitation of whales for their meat and blubber has seen populations of most species plummet. But with no small amount of irony, the tables have turned with research discovering that we need whales for a healthy marine ecosystem.

Moa a goer? 10 extinct animals

The moa were driven to extinction due to human activities - over-hunting and habitat destruction. Here are 10 other animals mankind has wiped out.

Could emperor penguins be wiped out?

Global warming is melting sea ice so fast that more than half of Antarctica's population of emperor penguins are set to be wiped out by the end of the century, according to alarming new research saying they should be listed as an endangered species.

Peter Hardstaff: Our chance to make a sea-change

NZ's oceans are undoubtedly important. Our Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is the fifth largest in the world, but it's not just size that puts us on the world map, writes Peter Hardstaff.