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Seamount Expedition. Day 8: First seamount survey!
Today we continue our transit, we exit New Zealand waters and reach the high seas mid morning. We’re headed to a seamount on the Challenger Plateau, ETA 11.30 – this…
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Seamount Expedition Day 7: Transit and test
We’re still transiting out towards the Challenger Plateau in the High Seas. En route we do our deepest test yet, taking the DropCam to 300 metres.
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What is seabed mining, and how does it threaten the ocean?
Seabed mining is a destructive mining practice that involves dredging up the seabed for precious metals. It's an immediate threat in Aotearoa.
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Free water testing for nitrate contamination – next stop Canterbury
Find free nitrate contamination water testing near you, or request Greenpeace's free mail-in water testing.
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Seamount Expedition Day 5-6: Testing, testing, testing
After arriving in Marlborough Sounds 0700, and a quick all crew briefing to set out the work for the day ahead, the different teams get to work to prepare the…
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NZ’s glaciers have already lost nearly a third of their ice – as more vanishes, landscapes and lives change
New Zealand ranks third globally in the proportion of ice lost from glaciers. Almost 30% of ice volume has melted during the past 24 years and what remains is disappearing at an accelerating pace, according to a recent global assessment.
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Seamount Expedition Day 4: All onboard
All crew, scientists and Greenpeace team join the vessel in Port Wellington in time. Come and meet the team.
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Seamount Expedition Day 1-3 Kitting out the vessel
And it’s a go. After over a year of planning, we’re here in Wellington, Aotearoa – getting the ship ready to head out and explore ocean life in the deep…
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More powerful than Hiroshima: How the largest nuclear weapons test ever built a nation of leaders in the Marshall Islands
71 years ago, on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, a nuclear bomb with the codename “Castle Bravo”, exploded with an energy of 15 megatons. The mushroom cloud reached 40…
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Pacific leaders ‘must consider consequences’ of deep sea mining
Representatives from 18 Pacific countries met in Fiji last week to discuss deep sea mining. The Deep Sea Minerals High-Level Talanoa, hosted by the Pacific Island Forum, could have set…