A geographer and former urban planner who has written a book about the aftermath of the devastating 1995 Kobe earthquake […]
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A round-up of comment from experts on breaking stories and ongoing issues in science and technology.
Christchurch – an expert on managing the disaster
Dr Neil Thomas, an expert in natural hazards and disaster management. Dr Thomas, who is based in Kingston University’s School […]
Continue readingThe quake: Experts on psychological impact, building engineering, geology
Rescue efforts continue in Christchurch to extract trapped people from destroyed buildings as fears grow that Christchurch’s highest hotel, the […]
Continue readingEngineering expert on 6.3M Christchurch earthquake
Dr Peter Stafford is a New Zealander born in Christchurch now working as the Willis Research Fellow RCUK Fellow / […]
Continue readingTiming of quake, weakened buildings – major contributors to loss of life
An unusually large aftershock from the September 4 Darfield earthquake is almost certainly to blame for the devastating quake that […]
Continue readingExperts on major quake near Christchurch
UPDATED 11.30PM: The Prime Minister John key said this evening that the confirmed death toll resulting from today’s 6.3 magnitude […]
Continue reading‘Running out of IP addresses’: the facts
A number of articles have appeared in the press recently about the world having almost run out of IP addresses […]
Continue readingExperts on New Zealand Herald coverage of Liggins Institute research
Research co-author Dr Deborah M Sloboda, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Liggins Institute and Deputy Director, National Research Centre for Growth […]
Continue readingExpert reaction to paper on floods and climate warming
UK/CANADA SMC: Expert reaction to Nature Letters ‘Human contribution to more-intense precipitation extremes’, Seung-Ki Min et al., and ‘Anthropogenic greenhouse […]
Continue readingHair samples reveal P lab kids’ long term exposure to methamphetamine
Scientists at the Institute of Environmental Science and Research have been testing hair samples taken from children found in illegal […]
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