The multi-national Alpine Fault drilling project in which SGEES is participating, has moved to a new phase with a new drilling rig positioned over the borehole to take the probe to its target depth of 1.3km.
Teetering along precarious pathways high in some of Papua New Guinea’s most remote mountains is all part of the job for a pair of Victoria University of Wellington geologists: Professor Tim Little and Dr Kevin Norton from the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.
Food production is the backbone of New Zealand’s economy—and a computer modelling programme designed by a SGEES Victoria University of Wellington academic is helping ensure that farming practices here and overseas are as sustainable and environmentally friendly as possible.
SGEES will offer the country’s first Master’s degree in meteorology, in partnership with New Zealand’s official weather forecaster MetService.
Andrew Mackintosh, Deputy Director of the Antarctic Research Centre and from the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, was part of a strong academic contingent from Victoria which attended last week’s International Council for Science (ICSU) General Assembly in Auckland.
A group of Victoria University students, including SGEES students, are trying to reverse the trend of political disengagement by giving young people a voice.
Professor Euan Smith has been made an Emeritus Professor. Professor Smith was appointed as a Professor of Geophysics at Victoria in 1994. He was Associate Dean (Research) for six years and Head of School of Earth Sciences for five years.
SGEES researchers have discovered that seismic waves produced by earthquakes happening several hundred kilometres away trigger activity deep beneath the Alpine Fault.
SGEES students Genevieve Boyle and Erik Zydervelt, were awarded 2nd place in the global Go Green in the City competition for their “Glowing Futures” entry. The grand finale event was held in Paris from the 17th to the 20th June.
SGEES scientists are part of an international science team that could help to predict future earthquakes.
