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...
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...
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”...
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...
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...
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...
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...
New geological maps help Hawke’s Bay plan for resilient, thriving future – 05/08/2020
Source: GNS Science
Three-dimensional modelling helped GNS experts to better define the geological make-up of the area – including the extent of rocks like limestone,...
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,...
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 –...
Copper phone network may come up trumps in fault zone study
Source: GNS Science
09/02/2020 8:32 am
Scientists from New Zealand and Japan are collaborating with Chorus in a pilot project to investigate the subduction zone beneath...
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...
