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Morning quiz: Nearly all fossils are preserved in what type of rock?
10+ hour, 51+ min ago (100+ words) Morning quiz: Nearly all fossils are preserved in what type of rock?NZ Herald Can you score 10 out of 10? Test your general knowledge with the Herald's morning quiz. Share your score with friends, family and colleagues, and find out who…...
'A bit of a wiggle': 4.5 quake strikes lower North Island
1+ week, 2+ day ago (134+ words) Thousands have reported feeling a magnitude 4.5 earthquake near the capital this afternoon. The light quake struck 45 km north-west of Levin at 1.53pm, at a depth of 5km. One Wellington office worker described it as "a bit of a wiggle. Another said on…...
Scientists plan deep-sea expedition to probe 'dark oxygen"
2+ week, 1+ day ago (568+ words) A team of scientists announced today that they have developed new deep-sea landers specifically to test their contentious discovery that metallic rocks at the bottom of the ocean are producing "dark oxygen. If a previously unknown source of oxygen has…...
A spinning world: Watching icebergs set in motion a whole new science
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (400+ words) If you stare at icebergs too long you can see some strange things. A small group of us are watching an armada of bergs from the top deck of our ice-strengthened expedition ship deep in the Ross Sea. It is…...
Flights halted as Mount Lewotobi blasts ash 10km into the sky
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (259+ words) A volcano erupted on an Indonesian island, authorities said today, spewing a massive ash column into the sky as the highest alert level was declared. Mt Lewotobi Laki-Laki on Flores Island erupted twice, sending volcanic materials 10km above its 1584m-high peak,…...
Micro-quakes, big questions: Northland's unexpected seismic activity
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (715+ words) It may not have rattled windows or woken anyone up, but an earthquake recorded in the Far North has sparked curiosity over earthquakes in the region. Northland has long escaped earthquakes and is often seen as one of New Zealand's…...
Will we see a volcanic eruption in Auckland in our lifetime?
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (399+ words) Most of central Auckland sits on the remains of 53 volcanic cones and craters. While there's no way of knowing when an eruption will happen, it's been said time and time again that it's not a case of "if, but "when....
Deadly volcanic eruption clouds could travel 15km across Auckland - research
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (509+ words) Deathly clouds of hot, fast-moving gas and debris could travel much farther than previously thought in a volcanic eruption in Auckland, according to new research. The current estimate of how far deathly clouds, known as base surges, can travel is…...
Earthquakes every six to seven minutes detected under Mt Ruapehu
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (333+ words) A swarm of earthquakes has been detected under Mt Ruapehu. GNS Science duty volcanologist Yannik Behr said an earthquake swarm was detected beneath Mt Ruapehu's north-eastern flank early Tuesday morning. "The sequence is ongoing with earthquakes occurring roughly every six…...
‘Window rattler’: Quake rocks North Canterbury; jolts also in Haast
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (197+ words) Christchurch and North Canterbury residents have reported windows rattling and cars rocking while making morning commutes after a shallow 5.1 magnitude earthquake. The quake struck at 6.45am, with its epicentre 35km west of Culverden. GeoNet reported that the quake struck at a depth…...