Tag: new zealand

Tooth size in South American sea lions reflects historical shifts in population abundance

PALEONTOLOGY08/03/2025

A new study published in PeerJ reveals that the teeth of South American sea lions (Otaria byronia) hold valuable clues about past population dynamics. Researchers from the Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos, the Centro para...

Here’s a look at moon landing hits and misses

ASTRONOMY08/03/2025

Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. The latest casualty came this week after Intuitive Machines put another lander sideways on the moon through a NASA-sponsored program. Within 24...

Scientists gather to decode puzzle of the world’s rarest whale in ‘extraordinary’ New Zealand study

PALEONTOLOGY02/12/2024

It is the world's rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on...

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Cook Strait, New Zealand region,

EARTHQUAKES06/10/2024

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck near New Zealand's capital city of Wellington, government seismic monitor GeoNet said on Sunday, but initial reports indicated there...

Model shows New Zealand should expect 15-meter tsunami every 580 years

TSUNAMIS12/12/2023

A team of geographers, Earth scientists and environmental scientists affiliated with several institutions in New Zealand, working with that country's National Institute of Water...

Discovery of massive undersea water reservoir could explain New Zealand’s mysterious slow earthquakes

EARTHQUAKES26/11/2023

Researchers have discovered a sea’s worth of water locked within the sediment and rock of a lost volcanic plateau that’s now deep in the...

Discovery of massive undersea water reservoir could explain New Zealand’s mysterious slow earthquakes

EARTHQUAKES08/10/2023

Researchers have discovered a sea's worth of water locked within the sediment and rock of a lost volcanic plateau that's now deep in the...

NASA plans 2 super pressure balloon test flights from New Zealand

ASTRONOMY04/04/2023

NASA's Scientific Balloon Program is scheduled to conduct two super pressure balloon (SPB) launches from Wānaka, New Zealand, to further test and qualify the...

Survivors plucked from rooftops as New Zealand cyclone kills four

ENVIRONMENT15/02/2023

Military helicopters winched stranded storm survivors to safety in New Zealand on Wednesday, after Cyclone Gabrielle killed four people and displaced 10,500 more. With the...