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A Single Focus For Natural Hazards
Wednesday, 14 August 2002, 11:42 am | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
What do earthquakes and landslides, storms and floods, volcanic eruptions and fires, damaging waves and tsunamis have in common? More >>
New Monitoring Network Will Be World-Class
Thursday, 20 June 2002, 9:57 am | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
Measuring the forces building up under New Zealand is the focus of the GeoNet project - a 10-year, $80 million programme to upgrade the equipment that monitors earthquakes and volcanoes in New Zealand. More >>
Central North Island A Mobile Area Scientists Find
Thursday, 6 June 2002, 1:11 pm | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
Parts of the Taupo region have risen and fallen by up to 7 centimetres over 10 years, scientists have found in a long-term study of the area. More >>
Scientists Find New Submarine Hot Springs
Thursday, 16 May 2002, 4:11 pm | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
New Zealand, American, and Japanese scientists have found new submarine hot springs northeast of New Zealand. More >>
Scientists To Hunt For Rare Seafloor Hot Springs
Wednesday, 1 May 2002, 9:50 am | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
New Zealand, American, and Japanese scientists will leave this week on a two-week voyage to probe seabed thermal activity around 11 newly-mapped submarine volcanoes between the Bay of Plenty and the Kermadec Islands. More >>
GNS Posts Half-Year Profit Of $792,000
Wednesday, 27 March 2002, 1:36 pm | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
The Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS) has posted a profit of $792,000 for the six months to 30 December 2001. This is an increase of 33 percent on the profit of $594,000 for the corresponding period in 2000. More >>
Experts Gather To Discuss NZ's Tsunami Threat
Tuesday, 5 February 2002, 11:09 am | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
Tsunami specialists from throughout New Zealand will this week attend a two-day seminar on tsunamis with the theme of saving lives through science, education, and communication. More >>
Big Quakes Of 2001 Too Deep Or Too Distant
Wednesday, 9 January 2002, 9:56 am | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
New Zealand was hit by about 10 potentially damaging earthquakes in 2001, but they were either too distant from population centres or too deep to cause damage, the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS) said today. More >>
Alex Malahoff To Head Crown Research Institute
Wednesday, 12 December 2001, 3:31 pm | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
Professor Alex Malahoff has been appointed Chief Executive of the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS). He is scheduled to take up the job on 1 July 2002. More >>
79-Year-Old Wins NZ's Top Geology Award
Friday, 30 November 2001, 9:53 am | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
New Zealand's top honour in geology, the McKay Hammer, has this year been won by Pat Suggate of the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited. More >>
Geology Awards Announced
Thursday, 29 November 2001, 10:22 am | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
New Zealand's top honour in geology, the McKay Hammer, has this year been won by Pat Suggate of the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited. More >>
Coal And Pollen Shed Light On Global Catastrophe
Friday, 23 November 2001, 6:32 pm | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
A New Zealand-led group of scientists has found the first evidence for global destruction of forests when a large asteroid hit the Earth 65 million years ago, killing off the dinosaurs. More >>
Taupo-Forming Eruption One Of World's Biggest
Wednesday, 21 November 2001, 11:15 am | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
New research has found that the eruption that formed modern-day Lake Taupo 27,000 years ago is the world's biggest eruption in the last 75,000 years. More >>
GNS Reports After-Tax Profit Of $1.58 Million
Wednesday, 31 October 2001, 10:22 am | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
The Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS) has posted an after-tax profit of $1.58 million for the year to June 30, up 13.4 percent on last year's result of $1.4 million. More >>
NZ Scientists Link 'Wobbles' In Earth's Orbit
Friday, 19 October 2001, 10:22 am | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
A New Zealand-led group of scientists has shown for the first time that long-term wobbles in the Earth's orbit have caused the East Antarctic ice sheet to expand and contract many times in the past. More >>
Sharing Knowledge On Quake-Preparedness
Friday, 12 October 2001, 9:39 am | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
International specialists will gather in Wellington next week for a workshop on the measures that can be taken to reduce New Zealand's vulnerability to earthquakes. More >>
Sharp Quake Felt In Gisborne
Monday, 3 September 2001, 12:32 am | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
Gisborne was jolted this morning by a sharp earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale, the Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS) said. More >>
Tuesday’s Quake Biggest In Six Years
Wednesday, 22 August 2001, 3:46 pm | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
Tuesday’s magnitude 7.0 earthquake 420km northeast of Gisborne was New Zealand’s biggest jolt since a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck in a similar location on 6 February 1995. More >>
NZ Scientists Visit Quake-Hit Peru
Tuesday, 31 July 2001, 1:58 pm | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
Three New Zealand scientists are visiting Peru this week to investigate the after effects of the magnitude 8.4 earthquake that struck southern Peru on June 23. More >>
Quake Stirs Capital
Tuesday, 12 June 2001, 5:32 pm | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake that struck at 5pm today was felt in Wellington and on the Kapiti Coast. More >>
