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...
New Zealand first Government to sign global seabed mapping project – 21/07/2021
Source: GNS Science
We are the first country to sign up to the project.
The Chief Executive of Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand, Gaye...
Supporting the International Day for Women and Girls in Science
Source: GNS Science
There weren’t many women in geoscience that I could look up to in my early career. Often, I was the only woman...
New research aims to uncover earthquake risk of recently discovered Waikato fault 18/02/21
Source: GNS Science
Pilar Villamor from GNS Science (left) and Kelvin Berryman watch Kate Clark scraping layers of the trench. Photo: Peter Drury-EQC
This is part...
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...
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...
Future of Antarctic plankton linked to sea ice, study shows – 10/09/2021
Source: GNS Science
In a study published in Nature Geoscience, a team led by researchers at GNS Science, Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellington, and...
GNS Science and East Coast Life at the Boundary – 03/06/2021
Source: GNS Science
Scientists from GNS Science and Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington are installing instruments across southern Hawke’s Bay, Tararua and Wairarapa...
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 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...
