Japanese nuclear authorities continue their efforts to avert nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima earthquake-damaged power plant. The following Q&A backgrounder […]
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Fukushima reactor breach: radiation and health effects
AusSMC: As the situation unfolds following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, experts look at the health effects of exposure […]
Continue readingRare double earthquake behind tsunami warning confusion
New research into the earthquake responsible for the deadly 2009 tsunami in Samoa and Tonga, has shown that it was […]
Continue readingMedia coverage: Double earthquake caused Pacific tsunami
The tsunami which devasted Tonga and Samoa in September of last year was caused by two almost simultaneous earthquakes, shows […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Volcano collapse underlines threat of tsunami
Isaac Davidson writes in the New Zealand Herald about a huge undersea volcano which has partially collapsed off the coast […]
Continue readingDom Post: Capital gets unique carbon-dating machine
Kiran Chug writes in the Dominion Post about GNS’s new $3.4 million accelerator mass spectrometer, which will be used to […]
Continue readingDom Post: Tsunami wiped out historic knowledge
Bob Brockie of the Dominion Post writes about a tsunami which ocurred about 500 years in New Zealand, and its […]
Continue readingNZ scientists comment on earthquakes near Vanuatu
GNS Scientists comment on yesterday’s earthquake activity near Vanuatu, whether the earthquakes are in any way linked to last week’s […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Govt orders review after tsunami response
An excerpt from a New Zealand Herald story reporting that the Government will undertake a review of the country’s response […]
Continue readingDepth of quake meant Sumatra avoided tsunami
Following the devastating earthquake and tsunami in the Samoan islands, an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra has also caused […]
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