Contents

COVER PHOTO HEADLINE : Rising Seas : The sea will rise about a metre by the end of this century. How will it affect New Zealanders?
CONTENTS - Departments : EDITORIAL / LETTERS / VIEWFINDER [Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary] / GEONEWS [Whale Sharks, plastic, cheese mould] / CYCLE TRAILS [Alps 2 Ocean trail] / ARTEFACT [The Motunui epa] / WEATHER [Glacial rebound] / LIFE [Birds and the bees] / PROFILE [Alan Mark] / BOOKS [Fishes of New Zealand, Outcasts of the Gods?] / HISTORY [Peak performance] / IN THE FIELD / ON REFLECTION [Uncle Tangaroa and the mokopuna]
CONTENTS - Features :
THREE FEET HIGH AND RISING [With predicted increases in sea level of up to a metre or more by the end of this century, present-day problems of coastal erosion and flooding are going to get a whole lot worse. How are we responding to the challenge of rising seas?]
EAT AND BE EATEN [Whitebait are the juvenile form of a spectacular family of native fish, a group of species as unique as our kiwi, kakapo and kereru, only far less visible. And just as we are getting to know our galaxiids, we are driving them towards extinction.]
DISAPPEARING ACT [The wreck of the Reno, and some of its cargo, still lingers on Astrolabe Reef. How much more can human intervention correct this mistake?]
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2015 [The finest photographers of New Zealand and New Zealanders captured in the past calendar year.]