Tromelin Island’s Impressive Comeback – Hakai Magazine
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One small island in the Indian Ocean shows how quickly seabird populations can recover after people eradicate invasive predators…
Weaving the Harbor Back to Life – Hakai Magazine
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How Māori knowledge is helping to revive the mussel population in New Zealand’s Ōhiwa Harbour…
In the wake of historic storms, Māori leaders call for disaster relief and rights – Grist Magazine
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In the wake of historic storms, the Māori say New Zealand must center Indigenous peoples in climate disaster plans…“Because climate events have gotten more and more intense, it’s at a point of our communities will either get wiped out through more storms or have to choose to leave their homelands,” Renee Raroa, a Ngati Porou Māori representative from Mana Taiao Tairāwhiti in eastern New Zealand, said. “We’re running out of options…”
Even at the Bottom of the World, the Ocean is Belching Plastic – EOS Magazine
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In a recent study published in Environmental Science and Technology, researchers report a mist of microplastics is constantly drifting across the country’s largest city.
“We don’t produce large amounts of plastics here in New Zealand,” said Joel Rindelaub, a research fellow at the University of Auckland in New Zealand who led the study. “But we did see large amounts of plastics falling out of the sky in Auckland…”