Aug 23, 2024 | Science & Technology
By Victor Gambarini, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau. Photo used is Microplastic by Oregon State University, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 Marine plastic pollution is a massive environmental issue, with a plastic smog of an estimated 170 trillion particles...
Aug 1, 2024 | Business & Economics, Featured, Ngā Ara Whetū, Science & Technology
AgriSea CEO Clare Bradley and Tane Bradley (AgriSea CIO) inspect a seaweed harvest on a New Zealand beach. ©AgriSea. With increasing interest in aquaculture as an alternative to land-based agriculture, Dr Pauline Herbst speaks to Prof Andrew Jeffs, from the Institute...
Jun 30, 2021 | Science & Technology
By Craig Stevens, Louise Kregting & Vladislav Sorokin Power from the ocean: can we use bio-fouling organisms to help extract energy from waves? People living near the coast are familiar with the power of ocean waves. What we see when a typical wave breaks on a...