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...
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...
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
This is part...
New Zealand first Government to sign global seabed mapping project – 21/07/2021
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We are the first country to sign up to the project.
The Chief Executive of Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand, Gaye...
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
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The serious and widespread damage to Christchurch’s built environment a decade ago has ushered in dramatic changes to the cityscape. Photo –...
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-led research programme aims at emissions-free energy supply – 30/09/2020
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Currently 95 percent of hydrogen produced globally is ‘brown hydrogen’, produced from coal and natural gas, and it is responsible for CO2...
One Week On: East Cape and Kermadec Earthquakes – 12/03/2021
Source: GNS Science
Three large earthquakes occurred offshore New Zealand beginning with a M7.3 East Cape earthquake felt widely across the country. This was then...
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...
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...