News Muncher - category gns

11 months, 1 week ago

Rock, paper, fissures: Answering questions around the ‘new’ continent of Zealandia

Continents are a lot like people. One of these, Gondwana, broke up further, about 150 million years ago, causing one chunk — now India and Africa — to drift north, and another — now Australia and Antarctica — to stay south. In the midst of which, about 80 million years ago, the world’s thinnest and youngest continent was born, as …

Ocean New Zealand Earth Million Continent Zealand Ago

1 year, 3 months ago

New maps of Earth's lost continent

BBC

The latest maps of the world's eighth continent Alamy Zealandia was completely drowned around 25 million years ago New research on the geology of Zealandia is revealing how it formed – and why it sank In 1820, a Russian ship packed with sailors and, oddly, penguins – destined for the men's dinner – spotted a towering shore of ice on …

Science Research Region Million Continent Scientists Ago

1 year, 4 months ago

Whakaari White Island criminal trial hears evidence from brothers who inherited volcano

ABC

For the first time, the criminal trial into the Whakaari White Island disaster has heard evidence from the three brothers who own the volcano. Asked what steps they took to fully understand the danger posed by the island, Peter Buttle said he and his brothers held "institutional knowledge" gained over more than 40 years of the Buttle family communicating with …

Trial Evidence Court Volcano New Zealand Risk White

1 year, 5 months ago

Whakaari White Island trial hears expert evidence that there was a one in 20 chance of a 'mass casualty event'

ABC

An internationally renowned expert volcanologist has told the White Island trial that by his calculations tours to the island presented a one in 20 chance of a "mass casualty event". And in a document shown to the court, New Zealand's volcano monitor GNS Science had observed: "The three Buttle brothers all seemed to understand the need for robust risk management …

Science Trial Court Volcano New Zealand Risk Expert

1 year, 5 months ago

White Island trial hears NZ's volcano monitor GNS Science has no relationship with Whakaari owners, tour operators

ABC

The criminal trial into the White Island disaster has heard GNS Science changed how it assessed risk to its own staff after a "near miss", but the volcano monitor did not have a role in passing advice to the owners of Whakaari. On Wednesday, the court heard Prosecutor Kristy McDonald question Dr Jolly on the details of the current GNS …

Court Volcano Risk Eruption Tour Jolly Whakaari

3 years, 11 months ago

The missing continent that took 375 years to find

BBC

The missing continent that took 375 years to find Getty Images It took scientists 375 years to discover the eighth continent of the world, which had been hiding in plain sight all along. Alamy Tasman’s ships left New Zealand after a bloody encounter with the Māori people – but he believed that he had found the legendary southern continent Around …

Credit New Zealand Land South Getty Images Southern Continent

4 years, 8 months ago

Relatives to sue Royal Caribbean cruise line over New Zealand volcano tragedy

ABC

Legal action is being pursued against Royal Caribbean cruise line over last year's deadly volcano eruption in New Zealand as extraordinary new details of the effort to rescue survivors are revealed. Ms Yousef said Royal Caribbean told the passengers on the Ovation of the Seas "absolutely nothing" about the possibility or the risks of an eruption. "There are accounts of …

Royal Volcano New Zealand Caribbean Eruption Legal Action White

5 years, 1 month ago

Should tourists have been on New Zealand’s most active volcano?

CNN

CNN — There were families on holiday. All there to see one thing: the uninhabited moonscape of New Zealand’s most active volcano, White Island. “I have always felt that it was too dangerous to allow the daily tour groups that visit the uninhabited island volcano by boat and helicopter.” How New Zealand’s warning system works In the weeks before the …

New Zealand Eruption White Cnn Zealand Tourists Level

Filters

Articles for Gns