by King Tides | Mar 24, 2014 | Blog
New Zealand’s coastline is home to a treasure trove of native species. Our flora and fauna may not be the biggest or toughest and many aren’t particularly coordinated, but they certainly make up for it in other ways. Unfortunately, coastal species are among the most...
by King Tides | Mar 16, 2014 | Blog
Sea level rise may be indisputable, but that doesn’t mean we can’t adapt to living with higher oceans – humans are pretty resourceful, after all. Coastal erosion and flooding – due to rising seas – threatens houses, buildings, roads, infrastructure, and wildlife...
by King Tides | Mar 11, 2014 | Blog
Last week, in our interview with NIWA’s Dr Rob Bell, he discussed how the combined effects of King Tides and stormy weather can be disastrous. Unfortunately, these synergistic effects were experienced in the Marshall Islands in the early hours of Monday morning (March...
by King Tides | Mar 3, 2014 | Blog
Photography is a powerful way to put a face to climate change and help us see, rather than imagine through facts and figures, the changes taking place in our environment. One of the pioneers of raising climate change awareness through imagery is scientist and...
by King Tides | Feb 28, 2014 | Blog
In the first part of our interview with Dr Rob Bell, Programme Leader: Hazards & Risk at NIWA, he informed us that in the near future – potentially in just 40 years time – we could be experiencing tides as high as the recent King Tides on a fortnightly basis....
