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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
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...
