Graham Leonard
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GNS Scientist volcanoes tsunami maps warnings risk he/him
I discussed the critical role of social science in disaster reduction this morning with Mihi on @RNZ @Earth Sciences New Zealand @Joint Centre for Disaster Research www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Graham Leonard: The science of warnings
Earth Sciences New Zealand principal scientist, Graham Leonard is back this week looking at the role of social science in the delivery of disaster warnings.
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Mihi and I discussed the challenge of flooding for Aotearoa and the new opportunity with ESNZ this morning @RNZ @Earth Sciences New Zealand www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Strong and unusual currents expected through the weekend could still be dangerous. We summed up the science of this huge quake @earthsciencesnz on @radionewzealand with Susie www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Lots of new research and planning for Auckland Volcanic Field in today's chat with Mihi and Susie @rnzrss.bsky.social @earthscience.nz www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
New research on Auckland's volcanos
Auckland is known for its volcanic cones - and while an eruption is very unlikely to happen, the volcanic field is technically still active.
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@iavcei.bsky.social made a spreadsheet of tomorrows talks #iavcei2025 - docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
IAVCEI2025schedule
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Lots of ash from the fire fountain in this Hawaii live feed from USGS. www.youtube.com/live/oG5zz9S...
30% chance in 50 years of Taranaki Mounga erupting, I discussed with Mihi Forbes what this might look like: @GNS Science @RNZ www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro... Living next to an active volcano | RNZ
Living next to an active volcano
Taranaki Mounga is one of New Zealand's about a dozen active volcanos - but what does that actually mean for locals?
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Tune in for all things SPACE WEATHER! A little tardy posting. Thanks to the wide range of folks who contributed. RNZ GNS Science www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Space weather: Graham Leonard
Space weather isn't watercooler conversation but it's out there!
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Cyclone Gabrielle generated vast landsliding. 2 years on I talked all things landslides with Mihingarangi Forbes and Susie Ferguson on @RNZ www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro... @GNS Science
Graham Leonard on landslides
On the second anniversary of Cyclone Gabrielle, GNS Science principal scientist and friend of the show Graham Leonard joins Mihi to talk about landslides.
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What do magma oceans and salad dressing have in common? www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Plate tectonics: Graham Leonard
This week GNS released a high resolution update to the national Active Faults Database, detailing where the active faults are across the motu.
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It was like a scene from Fargo in the carpark today, but with a rocksaw not a woodchipper. That's a big rock. #geologyrocks
Tsunami evacuation signs in Samoa, complete with suitable attire as drawn by locals back when we helped them set up their evacuation zones
'The wall is lava' complete with mostly submerged volcanologist. Nice work Misha Jamieson Frew! (reproduced with permission) $80
Pop quiz, what do mandarins (foreground Wellington market this morning) and pomelo (back) have in common with only one other fruit?
Half a hyaloclastite mound, dissected by the Pacific ocean, one of many uplifted as Chatham Island
NHC and Te Papa are touring the cool new Rūaumoko: Restless Land mobile exhibit, based on Te Taiao exhibit preparedness elements, around Aotearoa - with support from GNS tepapa.govt.nz/about/tourin...
Touring Exhibition – Rūaumoko: Restless land | Te Papa
Te Papa and the Natural Hazards Commission Toka Tū Ake are taking Rūaumoko: Restless land around Aotearoa New Zealand to promote natural hazard awareness and preparedness.
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Kim Hill has started a new podcast series, each episode an hour interview! www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/kim-...
Kim Hill Wants To Know podcast
Kim Hill is back with intelligent, incisive and engrossing conversations.
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Recovering politician Grant Robertson opens the NZ geosciences conference in Ōtepoti as the new Vice Chancellor Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka #GSNZ2024
Filmed this as I landed in Iceland for IcelandNoir festival and yeah it’s an erupting volcano.
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Australian Antarctic Program Partnership@antarctic.bsky.social · 2y ago🌊 "Nowhere on Earth is there a greater cause of uncertainty in sea-level rise projections than from East Antarctica, in Australia’s backyard. The East Antarctic Ice Sheet alone holds enough water to raise global sea levels by approximately 50m if completely melted." www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
We were still the same species as chimpanzees when Christchurch’s local volcanoes forming Banks Peninsula were last erupting! (8ish million y ago)
New Zealand has a lot of underwater neighbors and @volcanocronin.bsky.social and team are embarking on a journey of discovery! www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/critical-...
Scientists probe Pacific volcanoes’ risk to NZ’s internet
Scientists say huge undersea Pacific eruptions pose threat to cables linking NZ to world.
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Congratulations hazard and risk emerging leading scientists Lauren Vinnell and Shane Rooyakkers!! www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/2024-ma...
Twenty early-career researchers and two distinguished researchers receive inaugural Aotearoa New Zealand Tāwhia te Mana Research Fellowships in 2024
The Aotearoa New Zealand Tāwhia te Mana Research Fellowships support researchers at different career stages to produce excellent and impactful research and to develop into leaders in their fields, the...
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World tsunami awareness day is this Tuesday so I spoke with Susie and Mihingarangi this morning about what we learned and need to tell the next generation RNZ GNS Science www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Tsunami Awareness
Volcanologist and GNS principal scientist Graham Leonard shares everything you need to know about tsunamis ahead of the upcoming UN World Tsunami Awareness Day.
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With ongoing minor eruptions generating ash from Whakaari I talked offshore volcanoes this morning on RNZ with Mihinarangi Forbes and Colin Peacock www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Graham Leonard: What's the deal with offshore volcanoes?
Volcanologist and GNS principal scientist Graham Leonard explains the difference between onshore and offshore volcanoes, and why it's important.
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