Fossil leaves open window into Coromandel’s ancient climate – 21/02/2020
Source: GNS Science
20/02/2020 12:00 pm
A rich treasure trove of information about Coromandel’s prehistoric vegetation and past climate has been uncovered near Whitianga.
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Media briefing: New Alpine Fault research – 20/04/2021
Source: GNS Science
New research shows the chances of the Alpine Fault in the South Island producing a damaging earthquake in the next 50 years...
Drilling into Antarctica’s past to see our future – 09/11/2021
Source: GNS Science
The Antarctic research project will investigate the sensitivity of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to global warming of 2°C (SWAIS 2C) by...
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...
GNS Science-led research programme aims at emissions-free energy supply – 30/09/2020
Source: GNS Science
Currently 95 percent of hydrogen produced globally is ‘brown hydrogen’, produced from coal and natural gas, and it is responsible for CO2...
New map shows Lake Rotomahana in more detail than ever – 17/03/2021
Source: GNS Science
A feature is that it shows the likely locations of the once-famed Pink and White Terraces, which were largely destroyed in the...
Continent of Zealandia older than previously thought, study finds – 18/05/2021
Source: GNS Science
The finding, published in Geology this week, reveals that the continent of Te Riu-a-Māui / Zealandia is older than previously thought and...
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...
New project aims at faster information on earthquakes and tsunamis – 28/10/2020
Source: GNS Science
Project leader Bill Fry of GNS Science said his team is aiming to harness the combined power of existing earthquake and tsunami...
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...
New Hikurangi Subduction Zone Research – 30/06/2021
Source: GNS Science
New research detailing the risk of a major earthquake at the southern end of the Hikurangi Subduction Zone could help Marlborough and...
10th anniversary of the magnitude 7.1 Darfield earthquake in Canterbury
Source: GNS Science
The rupture of a previously unknown fault west of Christchurch not only jolted Cantabrians awake on that Saturday morning in September 2010,...