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Bioshields Could Help Slow Tsunami Flow
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 10:00 am | GNS Science
Lead researcher and GNS Tsunami Scientist Jean Roger said the study findings are expected to help local governments, planners, environmental agencies and infrastructure managers make informed decisions about natural environment management and natural ... More >>
GNS-Led Voyage To Hunga Volcano Returns With New Insights Into 2022 Eruption
Monday, 24 June 2024, 10:53 am | GNS Science
Scientists are now much closer to understanding what triggered the most violent volcanic eruption in more than a hundred years thanks to the return of a successful month-long expedition to Hunga volcano (Tonga) led by GNS Science. More >>
Ancient Polar Sea Reptile Is The Oldest Ever Found In The Southern Hemisphere
Tuesday, 18 June 2024, 9:37 am | GNS Science
An Early Triassic Nothosaur fossil vertebra, from about 246 million years ago, discovered in New Zealand has upended long-standing hypotheses on how, when and from where nothosaurs and other early sea-going reptiles dispersed around the globe. More >>
New Guidance Encourages Planners Not To Let Landslide Risk Reduction Opportunities Slip By
Monday, 29 January 2024, 11:42 am | GNS Science
Today GNS Science has released new land-use planning guidance to manage and reduce the risks of landslides. The Landslide Planning Guidance: Reducing Landslide Risk through Land-Use Planning strongly encourages landslide risk to be considered early ... More >>
GNS Science Is Expecting Many Thousands Of Landslides Because Of Cyclone Gabrielle
Wednesday, 15 February 2023, 1:37 pm | GNS Science
Landslides are a national hazard, responsible for taking lives and costing New Zealand around $300M a year. GNS Science provides some advice to New Zealanders about how they can stay safe during extreme weather events, and how they can help. ... More >>
Revised Earthquake Hazard Model Helps Aotearoa New Zealand Increase Resilience
Tuesday, 4 October 2022, 6:25 am | GNS Science
Aotearoa New Zealand’s updated National Seismic Hazard Model estimates the likelihood of future earthquake shaking hazard to have increased throughout most of the country, ranging from almost no change to more than doubling in some areas. On average, results ... More >>
New Zealand Partnership Increases Geothermal Presence In Japan
Thursday, 21 April 2022, 3:48 pm | GNS Science
GNS Science and Geo40 have today announced a geothermal coalition which will see them establish a physical presence in Tokyo. The move to open an office in Japan demonstrates the strength of New Zealand’s expertise in the geothermal space, and ... More >>
DART Network Proves Invaluable In Assessing Tsunami Threat Following The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Eruption
Tuesday, 18 January 2022, 5:34 pm | GNS Science
Aotearoa New Zealand’s network of DART buoys proved vital over the weekend as tsunami experts raced to analyse the tsunami threat to our coastlines following a large, explosive eruption at Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in Tonga. DART (Deep-ocean ... More >>
GNS Science Conduct Trench Work On Rauoterangi Fault
Tuesday, 25 May 2021, 12:01 pm | GNS Science
GNS Science has conducted a geotechnical study on the Rauoterangi Fault in Feilding in the hope to carbon date the fault line and analyse the risk it poses. The study has been fully funded by the Earthquake Commission Kōmihana Rūwhenua (EQC), with ... More >>
Ground-breaking Climate Change Collaboration Awarded PM’s Science Prize
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 4:42 pm | GNS Science
Dr Richard Levy and Dr Nancy Bertler at the Ice Core Facility, GNS Science GNS Science is proud to be part of the Melting Ice & Rising Seas Team that has been awarded the Prime Minister’s Science Prize. The project is a ground-breaking ... More >>
Revised Hazard Posters For Mt Ruapehu 2020
Friday, 12 June 2020, 11:52 am | GNS Science
Ruapehu is an incredible winter playground, and as mountain users prepare for the 2020 season a revised set of hazard posters will help them know how to keep themselves safe on the volcano. The key message remains the same: Ruapehu is an active ... More >>
Government’s Support For Science Sector Crucial For NZ’s Recovery – GNS Science
Wednesday, 3 June 2020, 2:23 pm | GNS Science
Science and innovation will play a crucial role in New Zealand’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and GNS Science welcomes today’s announcement of additional support for the sector. Research, Science and Innovation Minister Dr Megan Woods ... More >>
International Recognition For GNS Science's Research Output
Tuesday, 5 May 2020, 2:48 pm | GNS Science
Cutting edge research and high-impact partnerships have cemented GNS Science’s position as a thought leader in earth and environmental sciences, recognised in the annual Nature Index . In the 2020 Index , published this month, GNS Science is ranked ... More >>
GNS Science Continues To Monitor NZ’s Geological Hazards During COVID-19 Crisis
Monday, 23 March 2020, 12:27 pm | GNS Science
New Zealand’s four geohazard perils – earthquake, volcano, landslide and tsunami – are still being continuously monitored despite the COVID-19 pandemic, GNS Science says. GNS Science is taking a precautionary approach to protect the health of its ... More >>
Moving Mountains On The Ocean Floor May Hold Key To East Coast Earthquakes
Wednesday, 4 March 2020, 1:14 pm | GNS Science
Earthquakes and slow slip events may be influenced by mountains on the ocean floor, or “seamounts”, according to new research co-authored by GNS Science. A paper published today in Nature Geoscience magazine found that seamounts can have ... More >>
Shallow magma driving volcanic activity at Whakaari
Friday, 13 December 2019, 1:37 pm | GNS Science
Volcano monitoring data from Whakaari/White Island indicates a shallow body of magma is present and eruption risk continues, GNS Science experts say. Since Monday’s tragic events there has been no further eruptive activity at Whakaari/White Island. ... More >>
GNS Science maps show risk levels at White Island still high
Thursday, 12 December 2019, 5:02 pm | GNS Science
Risk assessment maps released by GNS Science (dated 02 and 12 December 2019) show the crater floor of Whakaari/White Island is still a high-risk area, with a further eruption looking increasingly likely. The maps were released at a National Emergency ... More >>
Risk of Whakaari/White Island eruption remains high
Thursday, 12 December 2019, 11:17 am | GNS Science
The risk of further eruptions at Whakaari/White Island is unchanged and remains high, GNS Science experts say. More >>
Calculations show “medium likelihood” of Whakaari eruption
Wednesday, 11 December 2019, 4:57 pm | GNS Science
There is a “medium likelihood” of an eruption outside the vent area of Whakaari/White Island, with volcanic tremor increasing, GNS Science experts say. More >>
Whakaari/White Island eruption – Update #1
Monday, 9 December 2019, 5:31 pm | GNS Science
Whakaari/White Island erupted today, in a short-lived event that generated an ash plume around 12,000 feet above the vent, GNS Science says. The eruption began at around 2.11pm NZST (0111 GMT). GeoNet’s webcam images show volcanic ash has covered ... More >>
