“Plenty more earthquakes” to come Canterbury University engineering expert Professor Andy Buchanan wasn’t mincing his words in this week’s Science […]
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Yesterday, the SMC held an online briefing in which geologist Martha Savage and engineer Andy Buchanan explained how ‘seismic design’ […]
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A well-developed understanding of seismic hazards and how to construct earthquake-resilient buildings was crucial to avoiding loss of life in […]
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A newly published paper has drawn a link between regular mobile phone use by pregnant women before and after their […]
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23 New Zealand fur seal pups and adults were found clubbed to death this morning at Ohau Point, near Kaikoura. […]
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2010, the International Year of Biodiversity, is drawing to a close. This year’s targets for global biodiversity conservation — the […]
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The World Meteorological Organization released its draft annual statement on the status of global climate today at UN climate talks […]
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