Robert Smith

Come and join us @otago! We are hiring a new Lecturer (Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecosystem Modelling or Physical Oceanography). Full-time, permanent position (NZ$90-107k/yr). Applications close 23 Feb 2025. Further details and how to apply here: otago.taleo.net/careersection/…

38 scientists and crew have set sail for Antarctica today aboard NIWA’s RV Tangaroa. They’ll be studying the impacts of climate change on the Ross Sea during the six-week voyage. 🚢❄️ Read the full story here 👉 niwa.co.nz/news/antarctic…

We are looking for a permanent marine biologist, come and work with me at VUW/Te Herenga Waka's school of Biological Sciences: ejye.fa.ap1.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

We have a vacancy @otago for a Teaching Fellow to support undergraduate oceanography teaching. This is a permanent, part-time, semester-only position (0.6 FTE/22.5 hours week, $73-84k pro rata/yr) available from 01 Feb 2025. Applications close 12 Jan 2025: otago.taleo.net/careersection/…

Interested in a PhD @otago? Explore how internal waves cool our oceans & their future under climate change! @niwa_nz-led @MBIEsci project supervised by me, @ErikBehrens_NZ & Craig Stevens. NZ$43k/yr (incl. $33k stipend+fees). Apply by Jan 18 2025. Details: tinyurl.com/iwsi2025

Doing research in Fiordland—a vast territory of mountains, forests, and fiords in southwest New Zealand—takes ingenuity, collaboration, and a really good raincoat. eos.org/features/explo… Read more in the latest issue of Eos: bit.ly/Eos-Oct2024

Low light exacerbates the effects of marine heatwaves on seaweeds bit.ly/meps_747_49

@southernscoop iconic Dunedin photo!

This legend is having a nap on his mud stained ute, with a beer nearby

By uniting modern science with time-honored wisdom, the #MoanaProject is paving the way for responsible ocean stewardship and the prosperity of marine environments, eos.org/science-update… Read more in the October issue of Eos, out now: bit.ly/Eos-Oct2024

Honours/Masters or PhD Student Opportunity part of the @OceanRes_UNSW Lab. Fishing for Ocean Data in Sea Country with Marine Rangers of the Tiwi Islands, NT. More details below.

Apply👇🌊 Excited to announce a tenure track position in sea-going physical oceanography @MiamiRosenstiel! We are committed to increasing diversity in the ocean sciences. @BlackinMarSci @BlkinGeoscience @MPOWIR @500QueerSci @GOOSocean careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R100…

Earth science in Aotearoa New Zealand 🇳🇿: Long white clouds, deep blue oceans, muddy sediments, and FRED. #land-of-the-long-white-cloud-and-the-deep-blue-sea" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">eos.org/special-report… Read more in the October issue of Eos, out now: bit.ly/Eos-Oct2024

@marta_ribo @EnvUoA @niwa_nz @gnsscience @NOCnews @NASA That's awesome Marta, congratulations!

Stoked to have been awarded one of the MBIE Science and Innovation projects!! Looking forward to start doing some cool research 🌋 🌊 & working with all the team from @EnvUoA, @niwa_nz,@gnsscience, @NOCnews, @NASA, & many others! more details: mbie.govt.nz/science-and-te…

Our new study in @GCBiology reveals the devastating impact of New Zealand's strongest marine heatwave on a temperate photosynthetic sponge🌡️🧽🇳🇿 doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17… A short thread (1/5)

NIWA scientists have found that since 2006, strong, full-depth ocean warming has occurred south of the Chatham Islands at around 5x the global rate because of the ocean currents moving 120km west.🌊 More here➡️ niwa.co.nz/news/unprecede… 📸NIWA's Dr Phil Sutton with an Argo float

(3/3) Such freshwater intrusions beyond the shelf break potentially support episodic, chlorophyll-a blooms in SubAntarctic waters, but in-situ observations of these events are rare. More to come! 🌱 #Ecosystems #MarineBiology

(2/3) Using a regional ocean model, we find river flow, along-front winds and inner shelf currents interact to modulate the plume from #NewZealands largest river. This interaction is crucial in understanding how freshwater intrudes past the #SubtropicalFront

(1/3) Low-salinity coastal waters of SE #NewZealand can extend >50 km offshore to impact the subAntractic, but what causes these intrusions? Our new work in CSR @ELSenviron led by @otago PhD graduate Erik Johnson w/@niwa_nz support explores their dynamics sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

@AlenaMalyarenko, @MadiRosevear & I are recruiting 2x PhDs at @UCNZ onto our @MarsdenFund project on Oceanography in an #Antarctic Grounding Zone. Modelling-based informed by new in-situ data. nz.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=305… Please share & RT. @niwa_nz @AntarcticaNZ @AntaPlatform

The collapse of the eastern Bering Sea snow crab population appears to be one of the largest reported losses of motile marine macrofauna to marine heatwaves science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…