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    Rights: © Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge Published 3 October 2017, Updated 11 October 2024 Size: 280 KB Referencing Hub media

    The Sustainable Seas Challenge is one of 11 National Science Challenges funded by MBIE. The National Science Challenges were established in 2014 and finished in June 2024.

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      Environmental thinking and planning with ecosystem-based ...

      EBM – ecosystem-based management – is a holistic and inclusive approach for managing an ecosystem. In this activity, students use EBM principles as a framework to consider how a local area of ...

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      Monitoring marine environments with drones

      Aerial imaging is not new, and scientists have been using data gathered from manned flights for decades. In recent decades, Earth-oriented satellites have become the dominant method of collating ...

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      3. ARTICLE

      Kelp forests after the Kaikōura earthquake

      The 2016 Kaikōura earthquake caused sudden large-scale changes along the coastline. The intertidal zones were lifted up to 6 metres in some places. In the media, footage of the uplifted coastline ...

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      4. ARTICLE

      Dynamic Seas

      The seas surrounding New Zealand are complex. They are a connected and dynamic mix of chemical, physical and biological processes. The sheer size of the ocean and the complexity of interactions ...

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      5. ARTICLE

      Investigating marine and coastal tipping points

      As New Zealanders, we love our oceans. Coastal and offshore waters are our playgrounds and sustain us spiritually and economically. As a nation, we want this ecological relationship to continue – ...

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      6. ARTICLE

      Ecosystem tipping points and stressors

      Simply defined, a tipping point is the point when a number of changes or incidents become significant enough to cause a large change in the way the system functions. The tipping point concept is ...

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      7. ARTICLE

      Looking at ecosystem-based management (EBM)

      The Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge’s vision is for New Zealand to have healthy marine ecosystems providing value for every New Zealander. It has seven research programmes, and each ...

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      8. ARTICLE

      Working together to restore the Ōngātoro/Maketū Estuary

      The Kaituna River flows through the Bay of Plenty, winding its way from Lakes Rotorua and Rotoiti to its outflow at Te Tumu. However, Te Tumu is not the natural river mouth. Originally, the river ...

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      9. ARTICLE

      Kina and the blue economy

      Scientists and hapū are investigating whether kina (a New Zealand sea urchin) can become our next high-value nutraceutical, functional food product. A nutraceutical is a food or part of a food ...

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      Tracking plastics in our oceans

      When we throw something away, how do we know where it goes? The Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge developed an online tool to help us find out. Ocean Plastic Simulator is an interactive ...

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      11. ARTICLE

      Awhi mai awhi atu – kuku restoration

      Mātauranga Māori and science are helping to solve a few questions in Ōhiwa Harbour: What has caused the mussel beds to disappear? Can we restore the mussel beds? Is it possible to use natural ...

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      Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge

      The sea is our taonga. Our connections to it are strong. More than 75% of New Zealanders live within 10 km of the coast, and the sea is an important part of our Kiwi lifestyle – whether we use it ...

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