Sea Floor
Secrets revealed from Marlborough's seafloor
29 Aug 2018
The secrets of the sea floor around the Charlotte Sounds have been revealed for the first time by NIWA scientists. Old ship wrecks, giant sediment waves that look like huge underwater sand dunes have… Video, Audio
Mapping the world's sea floor
28 Jun 2018
Seabed 2030 is an international collaboration to map the world's sea floor, much of which is unmapped. Audio
Our Changing World for 28 June 2018
28 Jun 2018
Seabed 2030 is an ambitious international collaboration to map the world's sea floor, and astronomer Duncan Steel is concerned asbout asteroids hitting earth. Audio
Kaikoura earthquake rose the seas floor by about 1m
17 Mar 2017
After four months of surveying the Defence Force has found the 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake lifted the sea floor an average of one metre.
They are now advising boaties to navigate the area with caution as… Audio