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...
Waikato Lakes Sampled In National Lakes380 Research Project – 12/10/2020
Source: GNS Science
11/10/2020 1:20 pm
At least 24 of Waikato’s lakes will be sampled over the next fortnight as part of the nationwide Lakes380 research...
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...
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...
Ancient footprints of Southern Alps glaciers track past climate changes – 19/03/2021
Source: GNS Science
An international research team led by the University of Maine has found that massive recession of Southern Alps glaciers occurred about 18,000...
New Zealand and Japan are building a carbon neutral future together through geothermal development...
Source: GNS Science
11/01/2022 10:53 am
Last month, GNS Science and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) held their first International Online Seminar, “Carbon Neutral Geothermal”...
Scratch marks on rocks point to rupture direction of future quakes – 12/11/2020
Source: GNS Science
A new project being led by GNS Science will dig into two big faults in the South Island – the Alpine and...
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...
DART network proves invaluable in assessing tsunami threat following the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption...
Source: GNS Science
DART (Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami) buoys are deep-ocean instruments that monitor changes in sea level. They detect tsunami by measuring...
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...
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...
We’re reducing our carbon footprint.
Source: GNS Science
26/01/2022 12:50 pm
As one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading environmental research agencies, GNS Science is committed to acting in an environmentally ethical...
