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Kaikōura quake, two years on: GNS Science looks back
Monday, 12 November 2018, 4:27 pm | GNS Science
Two years ago, a magnitude 7.8 quake near Kaikōura dramatically changed part of New Zealand’s landscape. This week, GNS Science experts look back on the most complex earthquake ever studied – and consider the implications for the future. More >>
Researchers from GNS Science honoured in prestigious awards
Friday, 9 November 2018, 11:17 am | GNS Science
Researchers from GNS Science involved at all stages of the science value chain were this week honoured for their contributions to making New Zealand more resilient to geological hazards. More >>
Two new GNS Science projects win funding
Thursday, 8 November 2018, 10:36 am | GNS Science
Two new GNS Science projects win funding from the prestigious Marsden Fund Research projects at GNS Science that will investigate rupture processes on the Alpine Fault and the emission of greenhouse gases from volcanic areas in the North Island have ... More >>
Tectonic plate boundary scientist honoured by national body
Thursday, 1 November 2018, 12:38 pm | GNS Science
Geophysicist Laura Wallace of GNS Science was today named as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi for research that has put New Zealand at forefront worldwide of studies on tectonic plate boundary processes. More >>
Solomon Islands to get new seismic monitoring network
Monday, 15 October 2018, 2:27 pm | GNS Science
Staff from GNS Science are in the Solomon Islands for the next month to help set up the country’s first geohazard monitoring network to provide real-time information on earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis. More >>
International research about NZ’s largest fault
Friday, 5 October 2018, 2:37 pm | GNS Science
An international team of scientists sets off this weekend to place earthquake monitoring instruments along New Zealand’s largest fault, the Hikurangi subduction zone. More >>
GNS Science awarded $11.2 million in MBIE funding
Thursday, 13 September 2018, 3:33 pm | GNS Science
GNS Science has been awarded $11.2 million for three new multi-year research projects in the latest round of the Government’s Endeavour Fund, announced today. More >>
New geological map of Tongariro National Park
Tuesday, 21 August 2018, 9:00 am | GNS Science
A newly published geological map of Tongariro National Park brings new insights to the geological formation and volcanic history of this World Heritage Area. More >>
Scientists go to Chathams for anniversary of deadly tsunami
Monday, 13 August 2018, 11:20 am | GNS Science
A group of scientists is heading to the Chatham Islands this week to mark the 150th anniversary of New Zealand’s only documented fatal tsunami. More >>
Scientists reaffirm findings on Pink and White Terraces
Friday, 3 August 2018, 8:56 am | GNS Science
Researchers at GNS Science have reconfirmed work they undertook five years ago on the fate of the world famous Pink and White Terraces after the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera. More >>
Scientists probe inner workings of a submarine volcano
Thursday, 5 July 2018, 12:10 pm | GNS Science
An international team of scientists with several New Zealand participants has returned from a two-month voyage in the Kermadec Arc bristling with new knowledge about the inside workings of submarine volcanoes. More >>
Kaikoura Quake Information Brought Together
Tuesday, 3 July 2018, 2:23 pm | GNS Science
GNS Science staff are major contributors to a landmark collection of research papers on the geoscience nitty-gritty of the 14 November 2016 magnitude 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake, which has been published this week. More >>
International Recognition GNS Science Research Output
Tuesday, 12 June 2018, 3:15 pm | GNS Science
International Recognition for Research Output for GNS Science GNS Science has been recognised for the high calibre of its research by being the top ranked corporate institution in the world for its output of publications in earth and environmental ... More >>
Clues for Understanding How Quakes Start
Tuesday, 5 June 2018, 2:57 pm | GNS Science
Scientists studying earthquakes on a large fault in Alaska have identified types of seismic activity that can precede a normal earthquake. More >>
50 Years Ago: Inangahua Quake Jolted NZ Out of Complacency
Sunday, 20 May 2018, 2:09 pm | GNS Science
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the magnitude 7.1 Inangahua earthquake and scientists are among those reflecting on how much progress has been made in the world of earthquake science since 1968. More >>
NZ's first offshore observatories inside our largest fault
Friday, 20 April 2018, 6:35 pm | GNS Science
New Zealand’s first offshore observatories are now recording from inside our largest fault Two world-class subseafloor observatories are now operating at the northern Hikurangi subduction zone where the Pacific Plate dives beneath the North Island, ... More >>
Deep-sea observatories will offer a new vision into quakes
Friday, 9 March 2018, 9:56 am | GNS Science
An ambitious mission to lower two sub-seafloor observatories into the Hikurangi subduction zone east of the North Island to study New Zealand’s largest fault starts this weekend. More >>
Major study on geothermal potential to get underway in May
Friday, 23 February 2018, 10:50 am | GNS Science
A research project aiming to define opportunities for developing geothermal heat supply at likely prospects along the length of the West Coast will get underway in May. More >>
Antarctic expedition to uncover impacts of global warming
Saturday, 6 January 2018, 11:06 am | GNS Science
One of the world’s top scientific research ships which has just finished investigating the Hikurangi subduction zone east of Gisborne will head for Antarctica this weekend to find out how warming oceans will affect the ice sheets, changes to sea level, ... More >>
Geologist Nick Mortimer Honoured by National Science Body
Thursday, 16 November 2017, 8:23 am | GNS Science
A geologist who led a project that unveiled a new and largely underwater continent called Zealandia has been made a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi. More >>
