Listen to GNS tsunami scientist Dr Bill Fry explain how NZ and the UK are partnering up to vastly expand the Pacific tsunami monitoring network by trialling laser technology on existing seafloor telecommunications cables.
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South Dunedin’s flood risk has been in the media spotlight. Much of the science underpinning these risk assessments comes from research led by GNS’s Simon Cox, recently featured in EOS eos.org/research-spotlights/… 📷Hannah Harland /South Dunedin Futures Programme, Dunedin City Council
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Laser tech on subsea cables is being trialled to detect tsunamis in the SW Pacific.
This innovative approach is tantamount to having 70 additional sensors lined up like infantry on the seafloor poised to alert tsunami threats.
Read the full story👇
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Our Drive it Down! project is set to inspire young minds to grapple with key climate change concepts and take action on their emissions. @NZScienceLearn has released our climate teaching resources, helping us reach students and teachers across Aotearoa 👉 gns.cri.nz/news/driving-scho…
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Our 33-year joint GNS-NIWA atmospheric radiocarbon record has enabled a groundbreaking study that has tracked long-term changes in the atmosphere’s “self-cleaning” capacity – and reveals methane emissions may be rising faster than previously assumed 👉theconversation.com/the-atmo…
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What’s it like camping on the snow in Antarctica? Check out @SWAIS2C Downhole Logger Arne Ulfer’s tent tour! The team, including Co-Chief Scientist Richard Levy (GNS and @VicUniWgtn) lived in tents at their Ross Ice Shelf research camp this summer 👉 bit.ly/3ZbQHkh
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Merry KIS-mas from the SWAIS2C on-ice team, who are spending a white Christmas at their deep-field research camp at KIS3 on Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf! If you look closely you might spot Co-Chief Scientist Richard Levy (GNS and @VicUniWgtn).
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@swais2c has broken through the ice shelf! Their hot water drillers have successfully melted their way through 587.96m of the Ross Ice Shelf to reach the ocean cavity, providing crucial access to climate secrets in the seafloor below. Well-deserved 'victory toasties' all round!
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People hanging out in the coastal areas of Mimi and Manutahi in Taranaki last week may have seen this nifty drone buzzing through the skies conducting LiDAR surveys – laser technology that measures changes in the earth’s surface🌏
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Things are heating up at @SWAIS2C's deep-field camp on the grounding zone of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet – hot water drilling is underway. Co-Chief Richard Levy (GNS Science & @VicUniWgtn) shared this Expedition Update, with a sneak peek of the borehole bit.ly/3ZbQHkh
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On the fifth anniversary of the Whakaari/White Island eruption our thoughts are with the friends and whānau of those who lost their lives, the survivors of the eruption, the first responders, emergency services, Ngāti Awa, and the people of Whakatāne.
Kia kaha, kia maia.
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The SWAIS2C project is on an ambitious mission for sediment core, but even getting to their site is a mission! Their drilling camp is incredibly remote – KIS3 is 860km from the nearest base. Getting there requires some serious logistics, polar transport, and a weather window.
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In an exciting step toward securing significant renewable energy, the New Zealand Government has announced that up to $60 million from the Regional Infrastructure Fund will be ringfenced to explore the potential of supercritical geothermal technology.
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And they’re off! @SWAIS2C's on-ice season is underway, with the traverse team departing Scott Base on their extreme polar road trip – 15 days across the Ross Ice Shelf in a convoy of @AntarcticaNZ polar vehicles. i.mtrbio.com/owvjizdafd
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♨️ From China to USA, we have been busy demonstrating how geothermal technologies can help power the world toward a low-carbon future 👉 i.mtrbio.com/vpuuajuucb
🗾 Next stop? Japan. Stay tuned!
#geothermal #energy #innovation #worldtour #alwayson #carbonfreeenergy
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The #Lakes380 team reconstructed a 1000-yr history of the native wetland plant raupō (aka bulrush) from pollen in lake sediment, showing raupō flourished in Aotearoa following Māori arrival. This iconic plant may also have a lake restoration role to play. i.mtrbio.com/olncsilzkk
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⚡We are buzzing to be at Singapore International Energy Week!
🔬 Today our Head of Commercial and Business Partnerships, showcased our latest work on supercritical geothermal at the #TechTable sessions.
Check out the other technology discussed here 👉 i.mtr.cool/bowmqjayvo
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🫨 Tomorrow's #ShakeOut drill is a great chance for NZers to practice their best Drop, Cover, Hold.
💪 While ShakeOut comes round once a year, GNS Science is always preparing for the next big earthquake with simulated exercises and pioneering research.
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GNS Science houses several interesting fossils as part of the National Paleontological Collection.
Featured Fossil will share and showcase some of the standouts in our collection. Look at this Limestone!
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📉We need to reduce the cost of green hydrogen.
📈 What are we doing about it? With Tier 2 @KiwiNet_NZ funding, we’re building technology to optimize energy use and improve the durability of the materials used in green hydrogen production.
Learn more 👉 i.mtr.cool/ftxxytbhqg
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💪We’re future-proofing Aotearoa’s groundwater systems for climate resilience, thanks to the @MBIEsci Endeavour fund.
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Do you have an old fossil lurking around or a fancy rock you've always been curious to identify? If you're in the Wellington region, head along to the 2024 National Rocka and Mineral Show at Whirinaki Whare Taonga in Upper Hutt this Friday and Saturday.
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The Tairāwhiti Gisborne region & northern Alpine and Wairau faults are now added to our upgraded Active Fault Database webmap. 🙌
People in these seismically active areas can now see where active fault surface traces lie in their neighbourhood down to the property level. 🔍
ALT Map of areas with high-res scale data
ALT High-resolution layers on the New Zealand Active Faults Database (NZAFD) webmap
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Dr. Isabelle Chambefort took the stage at Parliament last week to present a game-changing solution for Aotearoa New Zealand’s energy security – superhot geothermal.
Read more about her presentation here 👉 i.mtr.cool/qsmurjcjof
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We’ve used aerial electromagnetic technology to map the Hawke’s Bay’s aquifers, gathering info about the location and flow of groundwater, and its connection with the rivers above.
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🌋 We're developing next-generation ash forecasts for volcanic eruptions thanks to the @MBIEsci Endeavour Smart Ideas fund.
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🏘️Programme lead Dr. Murray McCurdy said, “This research aims to transform the sector from a significant GHG emitter to a climate change solution.”
🤝 We will be working with @VicUniWgtn, @UCNZ, @callaghannz, Hummingbird Holdings, @waikato, @nzimmr.
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🛠️🔬 We're developing new tech... carbon-negative concrete!
🚧 The problem? A key ingredient in concrete, portland cement, produces ~8% of total emissions worldwide.
🧪 Thanks to @MBIEsci Endeavour fund, we are launching a 5 years research programme to develop new cement tech.
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Out on a walk in Urenui or Ōnaero? Help monitor our coastline with a few taps on your phone! 📱
How you can help:
1. Find the CoastSnap stations at Urenui or Ōnaero.
2. Set your phone in one of the stations.
3. Take a photo, scan the QR code, and upload your picture.
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🌊 Her research at @VicUniWgtn explored how differences in the underlying earthquakes impact the resulting tsunami.
Laura improved our knowledge on #tsnunami hazards around the NZ coast is now working for us here at GNS Science as a Tsunami Hazard Scientist 🙌
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We are thrilled to announce that Rotorua’s geothermal fields (Ahi-Tupua), Ruapehu volcano and other New Zealand sites have been recognised with "world's best" status in the Second 100 IUGS Geological Heritage Sites.
Read the full story here 👇
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ALT Brad Scott taking geothermal water samples at Whakarewarewa Village.
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Thousands more active fault traces can now be viewed right down to the property scale in some regions thanks to an upgrade to the GNS Science NZ Active Faults Database webmap.🗺️
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GNS Science houses several interesting fossils as part of the National Paleontological Collection. These fossils are used to learn more about past life, its diversity and evolution, and past environments and climate.
Let’s look at this awesome Carcharodon carchias tooth.
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From scientists to engineers, and iwi to communities, the Resilience to Nature’s Challenges thrives on collaboration.
The award-winning AF8 Programme exemplifies this teamwork, sharing crucial earthquake preparedness knowledge across the South Island 🫨
ALT Alpine Fault Southern Alps. From Earthquakes in Aotearoa New Zealand video by GNS Science.
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🏅 CO₂ injection is a win-win-win!
⚡Geothermal power uses hot brines which have naturally high concentrations of CO₂, resulting in average emissions of ~122 grams of CO₂ per kWh generated.
🔄 Geothermal operators are re-injecting CO₂ to combat emissions and carbon tax.
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🎥 Missed out last week? Tune in to a recording of the GNS team as they take you through their latest Wellington earthquake and tsunami research, insights on the Hikurangi Subduction Zone and regional collaboration. Watch the talk here 👇
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Look through the images below for examples of impact-based forecasts and warnings, or find out more in this short video 👉youtu.be/mtCqvDoLod4
ALT Impact-based forecasts and warnings example WARNING HIGH WINDS: Power outage likely REGION: Wellington PERIOD: 20 hours from 1 pm Wednesday Credit: Resilience to Nature's Challenges
ALT Impact-based forecasts and warnings example WARNING FLOODING: Roads closure likely REGION: Northland PERIOD: 30 hours from 8 pm Friday
ALT Impact-based forecasts and warnings example WARNING FLOODING: Gumboot inundation likely REGION: Bay of Plenty PERIOD: 27 hours from 3am Saturday
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We continue to celebrate the 10 years of mahi with Resilience to Nature’s Challenges 🤩
⛈️ This week we highlight impact-based forecasts and warnings that describe the consequences of weather, e.g. power outage, rather than what the weather is likely to be, e.g. high winds.
ALT Impact-based forecasts and warnings example WARNING HIGH WINDS: Power outage likely REGION: Wellington PERIOD: 20 hours from 1 pm Wednesday Credit: Resilience to Nature's Challenges
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Featured Fossil
GNS Science houses several interesting fossils as part of the National Paleontological Collection.
#FeaturedFossil will share and showcase some of the standouts in our collection.
Check out this Theropod toe bone!
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Today we highlight work co-led by GNS's Dr Bill Fry and @UCNZ Prof Andy Nicol to develop New Zealand’s first earthquake cycle simulator.
"At its simplest, you can think of an earthquake as a stick breaking," Bill explains. Discover more in this video 👉 i.mtr.cool/ztwegfrhmw
ALT Dr Bill Fry, GNS Science, explaining earthquake cycle simulator through sticks breaking.
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📈 Read the full report here about how the number stack up on the economic viability of a superhot-powered New Zealand 👉 i.mtr.cool/dapacqymsi
🗓️ With the right investment and regulatory support, New Zealand could viably grow 2000MW by 2050.
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🌋Our research has found hotter deeper "supercritical" geothermal in Taupō Volcanic Zone (TVZ) could be our energy solution.
🔋Between 3.5-6 km under TVZ "superhot" geothermal has 3x production enthalpy than conventional geothermal. Read more 👉i.mtr.cool/xhorfsgwvm
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⚡ New Zealand's electricity demand is projected to surge 50% by 2050. Wholesale prices have leapt from $100/MWh to nearly $860/MWh in less than three years.
The good news is NZ has a potential #superhot energy solution👉 i.mtr.cool/lshhgajiot
@ElectricityAuth @SimeonBrownMP
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Screening tonight on Three/ThreeNow! Don't miss this 2-part doco Patrick Gower: On Ice that explores the stark reality of climate change, and includes an interview with GNS's Chief Science Advisor Richard Levy. Watch the trailer 👉 i.mtr.cool/gffcdzwaqq
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☀️Embark on a journey with @anzic_iodp Marine Geoscience Masterclass this summer.
One fully-funded position on the course is available to one student from each ANZIC member institution. Applications close 18 August.
For more information, and to apply 👉 iodp.org.au/anzic-marine-geo…
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🎧 Tune in to hear GNS Principal Scientist Graham Leonard talk to RNZ's Susie Ferguson about the Yellowstone eruption and how hydrothermal eruptions differ to volcanic eruptions 👇
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📷 2001 hydrothermal eruption in Kuirau Park. Credit: Graham Leonard.
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Have you seen our Shaking Layers maps yet? If not, next time you feel a good shake underground, check out the interactive shake map on the GeoNet app or website🗺️
The map tells you the intensity of ground shaking in any location from an earthquake of magnitude 3.5 or greater 🫨.
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Did you know that the recent Aurora Australis was caused by space weather? 👀
☀ Activity on the Sun's surface creates space weather that can impact our national infrastructure and tech. GNS collects this critical data and helps NZ prepare.
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BLAKE Ambassador applications are open for NZers aged 18-24 🌏🥼
We have one spot at GNS, working with our CarbonWatch-Urban team mapping Aotearoa's carbon dioxide emissions. The role includes fieldwork with our new mobile greenhouse gas lab!
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ALT GNS Science’s Rafter Radiocarbon Laboratory is crucial to this work, providing high precision measurements of radiocarbon in CO2.
ALT Jocelyn Turnbull operates a portable flasker at Queen Street in Auckland. By regularly measuring several sites around Auckland the team obtains samples upwind, downwind and within the urban area, helping us to determine the city's emissions and uptake of greenhouse gases. Credit: Lena Weissert
ALT Air intake line sampling from a roof on Wakefield Street, Auckland. Credit Leigh Fleming.
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Communities along our coastline will face increased challenges from climate change in the future. We’re inspiring the next generation of scientists to become part of the solution. 📷Whakatāne Beacon
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NZ’s lakes are in crisis due to climate change and other human impacts.
Our Lakes, Our Future, a Cawthron and GNS co-led research programme is developing a suite of tools to understand lake health, identify stressors and enable effective restoration.
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📸 This photo is an example of a Cambrian rock that contains trilobite fossils (painted black). GNS Science holds a small collection of Cambrian rocks from Aotearoa and Antarctica in the National Paleontological Collection.
ALT Cambrian rock that contains trilobite fossils (painted black). GNS Science holds a small collection of Cambrian rocks from Aotearoa and Antarctica in the National Paleontological Collection.
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🌏 In Aotearoa New Zealand, Cambrian rocks are found in the northwest of the South Island between the Aorere River and Maruia Springs. New Zealand’s oldest fossils, trilobites, are preserved in Cambrian limestone found in the Nelson district.
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Today is International Rock Day and whether you “were born to be a rolling stone” or feeling “like a rock” let’s celebrate by highlighting Cambrian rocks! 🤘
🪨 Cambrian rocks have a special biological significance as they are the earliest to contain diverse fossils of animals.
ALT Cambrian rock that contains trilobite fossils (painted black). GNS Science holds a small collection of Cambrian rocks from Aotearoa and Antarctica in the National Paleontological Collection.
ALT Cambrian limestone rock sample, Tasman District next to 1 NZ Coin for scale. GNS Science holds a small collection of Cambrian rocks from Aotearoa and Antarctica in the National Paleontological Collection.
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