Ten years on: Christchurch earthquake a watershed in so many ways – 22/02/21
Source: GNS Science
The serious and widespread damage to Christchurch’s built environment a decade ago has ushered in dramatic changes to the cityscape. Photo –...
New research aims to uncover earthquake risk of recently discovered Waikato fault 18/02/21
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Pilar Villamor from GNS Science (left) and Kelvin Berryman watch Kate Clark scraping layers of the trench. Photo: Peter Drury-EQC
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Alpine Fault rupture record more complex than previously thought, study finds – 04/12/2020
Source: GNS Science
Scientists currently regard the fault as having several sections, each of which exhibits a different rupture history and all of which can...
Update on Worksafe investigation of Whakaari/White Island eruption
Source: GNS Science
29/11/2020 2:43 pm
GNS Science has today been advised it faces charges relating to the eruption at Whakaari/White Island on 9 December 2019....
Scientists zero in on the causes of slow-slip earthquakes – 16/11/2020
Source: GNS Science
That’s the premise of a three-year research project led by GNS Science designed to reveal the inner workings of the enigmatic plate...
Back-to-back voyages focus on Hikurangi subduction zone – 13/11/2020
Source: GNS Science
The Hikurangi subduction zone is where the Pacific Plate dives down, or “subducts” beneath the east coast of Te Ika-a-Māui / North...
GNS Scientist Dr Georgia Grant wins the Hatherton Award for her paper on seal-level...
Source: GNS Science
12/11/2020 7:53 am
The Hatherton Award, from Royal Society Te Apārangi, is for the best scientific paper by a PhD student at any...
