Doing research in Fiordland—a vast territory of mountains, forests, and fiords in southwest New Zealand—takes ingenuity, collaboration, and a really good raincoat.
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Brandon Whitehead: Unifying Data to Streamline Discovery
A data scientist coheres disparate data sets so that Earth scientists can get the most out of infor-mation.
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New Zealand Has a Unique Fossil Record Named FRED
The near-complete database reflects a spirit of trust and collaboration among the country’s scientific community—but will it last?
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Sedimentary Basins Tell Zealandia’s Ancient Story
New interpretations and mapping of all New Zealand’s offshore sedimentary basins offer clues about the evolution of Earth’s eighth continent.
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The Moana Project Braids Tradition and Science for a More Sustainable Ocean
Scientists and Māori communities in Aotearoa New Zealand are gathering knowledge on marine conditions and ecosystems to protect livelihoods and help ensure a sustainable future for the blue economy.
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Landslides from the record-breaking 2023 storms in Auckland, New Zealand
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In January and February 2023, the largest city in New Zealand, Auckland, and its surrounding area was affected by two extraordinary rainfall events, triggering many thousands of landslides. In an open access […]
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GNS Science Landslide Planning Guidance
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. New Zealand is a country with a severe level of landslide hazard, resulting from a combination of the tectonic setting, the geology, the climate and the impact of human activities. It is […]
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Modeling Braided Rivers in Presence of Exotic Weeds and Dams
Numerical modeling can help with identifying the combined effects of weed growth, flood frequency, and magnitude on gravel bed rivers.
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Protecting Power Grids from Space Weather
A new paper explores ways to mitigate the impact of geomagnetically induced currents on the New Zealand power grid.
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Buller Gorge: a coal train hits a landslide in New Zealand
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. There seems to be little respite to the high incidence of rainfall-induced landslides around the world at the moment. New Zealand is being particularly badly affected as repeated intense precipitation events over […]