Editorial: Give deep-sea oil drilling a fair chance (opinion)
New Zealand Herald | 06 Jun 2012
New Zealand as geologists know it is many times larger than the map we recognise. The land above water is just the highest part of a crustal block extending far off the coast, mainly west and north of the North Island and east and...
 Pacific Ocean | Non-Living Resources | Offshore Resources

Exceptional rise in ancient sea levels revealed
ScienceDaily.com | 06 Jun 2012
Since the end of the last ice age 21,000 years ago, our planet has seen ocean levels rise by 120 meters to reach their current levels. This increase has not been constant, rather punctuated by rapid accelerations, linked to massive outburst floods from the ice caps. The largest increase, known by paleoclimatologists as 'Melt-Water Pulse 1A', proved to be enigmatic in many respects.
 Climate Change | Research | Sea Level Rise

Committed to improving education and climate change adaptation across the Pacific
Secretariat of the Pacific Community | 06 Jun 2012
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Director-General, Dr Jimmie Rodgers, has signed several grant agreements with the Government of Australia totalling an estimated AUD 4.44 million. The funds received under these agreements comprise part of the Australian Governments continued support for the work provided by SPC to its member countries. This latest funding supports SPCs work in climate change adaptation and educational assessment.
 Pacific Ocean | Climate Change | Small Island Developing States

Future Policy Award celebrates solutions to save oceans and coasts
cbd.int | 06 Jun 2012
Hamburg/Montreal/Washington D.C./Rome, 6 June 2012: The list of nominees for this year's Future Policy Award is complete: 31 outstanding policies from 22 countries and regions are in the running for the best policy worldwide to protect oceans and coasts.
 Marine Management