“Natural” disasters (also known as geophysical disasters) involve physical processes that
have a direct or indirect impact on humans. These events occur rapidly and may have …

Culture, a pillar of the remarkable ecological success of humans, is increasingly recognized
as a powerful force structuring nonhuman animal populations. A key gap between these two …

Landslide-dams, which are often transient, can strongly affect the geomorphology, and
sediment and geochemical fluxes, within subaerial fluvial systems. The potential occurrence …

Sediment density flows are large scale disturbances that can have dramatic impacts on
seafloor animal communities in the deep sea. Seafloor imagery collected in Kaikōura …

Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori) is an endangered species endemic to the
coastal waters of Aotearoa New Zealand. To address the unsustainable bycatch of Hector's …

Sediment density flows can transport massive amounts of sediment across large distances
and can have dramatic, long-lasting impacts on deep-sea benthic communities. A canyon …

Abstract Before the 2020 COVID‐19 pandemic, cruise ship tourism had been one of the
fastest growing segments of global tourism, presenting a range of potential impacts. At …

Turbidity flows can transport massive amounts of sediment across large distances with
dramatic, long-lasting impacts on deep-sea benthic communities. The 2016 M w 7.8 …

A small population of approximately 68 bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, resident in
Doubtful Sound, New Zealand, is subject to physiologically challenging conditions, and is …

Volcanic processes generate a variety of seismic events that can be detected by both on-
land and underwater sensors. During the 2021 subaerial eruption of the Tajogaite volcano …