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....
Revision of the science model for future earthquake shaking in New Zealand
Source: GNS Science
GNS Science, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and EQC announced today that they are revising the National Seismic Hazard...
One Week On: East Cape and Kermadec Earthquakes – 12/03/2021
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Three large earthquakes occurred offshore New Zealand beginning with a M7.3 East Cape earthquake felt widely across the country. This was then...
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...
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...
New slow slip event prompts scientists’ dash to install instruments – 03/06/2021
Source: GNS Science
Installing a temporary seismometer site.
They timed the deployment of nearly 50 temporary seismic and geodetic (GPS) instruments to record the next Pōrangahau...
Narrowing the search for the cause of ‘slow-slip’ earthquakes – 26/05/2021
Source: GNS Science
The mechanisms that govern slow-slip events remain unclear so researchers at GNS Science and the University of Texas at Austin set out...
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...
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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Study reveals climate choices we make in coming decades are make or break –...
Source: GNS Science
This is the key finding of new research published today by climate experts at GNS Science and Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of...
