Posted on May 27th, 2010 by Kathryn
New Zealand anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune has pleaded guilty in a Tokyo court to four charges, including trespassing and destruction of property, over his alleged attacks on a Japanese whaling vessel. The Sea Shepherd activist admitted in court today that he boarded the Shonan Maru 2 in Antarctic seas and pleaded guilty to two other [...]
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Posted on May 16th, 2010 by Kathryn
Scientists are using centuries-old whalers’ data from the southwestern Pacific and Tasman Sea to help better protect threatened whale species. American offshore whaling maps, log books and strike documents from the 1700s to the 1920s are being analysed to shed light on southern right whales and sperm whales in Australasia. Whaling was big business in [...]
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Posted on May 11th, 2010 by Kathryn
By Matt Nippert 4:00 AM Sunday May 9, 2010 A Government funded mission to survey the mineral wealth beneath New Zealand waters is raising fears the seafloor could one day be dug up by miners. National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (Niwa) research vessel Tangaroa will set sail on Wednesday with a team of [...]
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Posted on April 16th, 2010 by Kathryn
New Zealand world record holder William Trubridge will compete for the title of the world’s best all-round freediver in a competition in the Bahamas on Saturday. The Suunto Dive-Off competition will be held at the 203m deep Dean’s Blue Hole. The 15 freedivers will attempt to reach new depths in three different disciplines. The athletes [...]
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Posted on March 19th, 2010 by Kathryn
American scientists say they have found evidence of hydrothermal vents on the seafloor between New Zealand and Antarctica. Hydrothermal vents spew heated fluids – often containing dissolved minerals such as gold, zinc, and copper – with the plumes from the vents influencing influence ocean chemistry and providing a source of energy for a complex web [...]
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