DART network proves invaluable in assessing tsunami threat following the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption...
Source: GNS Science
DART (Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami) buoys are deep-ocean instruments that monitor changes in sea level. They detect tsunami by measuring...
GNS Scientist Dr Georgia Grant wins the Hatherton Award for her paper on seal-level...
Source: GNS Science
12/11/2020 7:53 am
The Hatherton Award, from Royal Society Te Apārangi, is for the best scientific paper by a PhD student at any...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Fossil leaves open window into Coromandel’s ancient climate – 21/02/2020
Source: GNS Science
20/02/2020 12:00 pm
A rich treasure trove of information about Coromandel’s prehistoric vegetation and past climate has been uncovered near Whitianga.
Dorothy and Ian...
Supporting 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...
