Geology
Complexity - six months of Kaikōura earthquake science
Six months after the destructive magnitude 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake, scientists are still unravelling what happened during this very complex seismic event.
Video, AudioNights' Science - Hamish Campbell
Hamish covers the earthy science of geology from erosion to earthquakes. Audio
Secrets of the subterranean world
Just when it feels like there are few places left on the earth unexplored, Professor Anthony Martin says all you have to do is look down to discover some of nature's deepest, darkest secrets. Audio, Gallery
Uplifted - marine life on the Kaikōura coast after the quake
The Kaikōura Peninsula was uplifted 1 metre during the magnitude 7.8 earthquake - and marine life on the rocky shore was left high and dry. Audio, Gallery
Uplifted - marine life on the Kaikōura coast after the quake
The Kaikōura Peninsula was uplifted 1 metre during the magnitude 7.8 earthquake - and marine life on the rocky shore was left high and dry.
AudioKekerengu fault rupture reveals Earth's tectonic secrets
"It looks like a big huge ploughshare has just gone screaming across the landscape." GNS scientists - and our reporter Tracy Neal - have been getting up close and personal with the Kekerengu Fault. Audio
In the footsteps of dinosaurs
Collingwood Area School students join GNS scientists in a search for dinosaur footprints on the shore of a Golden Bay estuary Audio, Gallery
In the footsteps of dinosaurs
Collingwood Area School students join GNS scientists in a search for dinosaur footprints on the shore of a Golden Bay estuary
AudioWhale Navigation
Humpback whales swim in remarkably straight lines while completing their seasonal migrations, which cover thousands of kilometres of open ocean. Geologist, Associate Professor Travis Horton has been… Audio
Roxanne El-Hady: science and women
Kim Hill talks to Roxanne El-Hady, who won the 2016 Young Scientist of the Year Award in the UK while on a Nuffield Research Placement at Royal Holloway, University of London, for work reconstructing… Audio
Exactly where is sea level? Gravity can tell us
After two years of measuring gravity from a plane, LINZ has just released a new vertical datum for New Zealand and its coastal seas. This allows the accurate measurement of sea level. Audio
Exactly where is sea level? Gravity can tell us
After two years of measuring gravity from a plane, LINZ has just released a new vertical datum for New Zealand and its coastal seas. This allows the accurate measurement of sea level.
AudioHelium find
MRI scanners, welding, industrial leak detection, nuclear energy and party balloons; all uses for helium gas. But there have been worries about shortages of supply, growing demand and rising prices… Audio
Scientists, iwi team up to run marae-based geology field trips
Scientists and iwi are joining forces to run marae-based workshops and field-trips to learn about geology and the forces of nature. Veronika Meduna joined them at Kohunui marae in Wairarapa. Audio
Rebecca Priestley: anthologising Antarctica
Senior Lecturer in the Science in Society Group, Victoria University of Wellington, and editor of Dispatches from Continent Seven: an Anthology of Antarctic Science, a new collection of writings by… Audio
Gold nuggets - formed by bacteria?
Geologists wonder if bacteria and biological processes might play a role in the growth of gold nuggets in Central Otago rivers, as well as chemical and physical processes. Audio
Gold nuggets - formed by bacteria?
Geologists wonder if bacteria and biological processes might play a role in the growth of gold nuggets in Central Otago rivers, as well as chemical and physical processes.
AudioChanged planet, the dawning of the Anthropocene
Leading geologist and Antarctic reasercher, Dr Colin Summerhayes says there is strong evidence that the massive human impact on Earth constitutes its own distinct geological epoch, known as the… Audio
Defining the Anthropocene
Geologists will decide later this year whether to add a new human created epoch - the Anthropocene - to the geological time scale Audio
Defining the Anthropocene
Geologists will decide later this year whether to add a new human created epoch - the Anthropocene - to the geological time scale
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