1+ hour, 51+ min ago  (442+ words) The three earthquakes that struck off the North Island's east coast were felt more widely because of the way they ruptured, says a seismologist. The temblors between 8pm and 8. 43pm off the Bay of Plenty yesterday were felt by thousands, some as…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (332+ words) Landscapes left behind by ancient rivers and buried beneath the Antarctic ice may affect the rate of ice loss, researchers report in Nature Geoscience. The team used radio echo sounding, a technique that measures ice thickness using radar, to study…...