Graham Leonard

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

IAVCEI2025schedule

Same link works for all days docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

IAVCEI2025schedule

@iavcei.bsky.social made a spreadsheet of tomorrows talks #iavcei2025 - docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Lots of ash from the fire fountain in this Hawaii live feed from USGS. www.youtube.com/live/oG5zz9S...

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?

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

Space weather: Graham Leonard Space weather isn't watercooler conversation but it's out there!

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...

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.

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

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.

What do magma oceans and salad dressing have in common? www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

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

The only moon to have won me a bong back at uni too 😂

It IS made is cheese!!

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.

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...

Kim Hill Wants To Know podcast Kim Hill is back with intelligent, incisive and engrossing conversations.

Kim Hill has started a new podcast series, each episode an hour interview! www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/kim-...

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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Sunrise photo i took in 2021 in the first leg of getting to the ice

We were still the same species as chimpanzees when Christchurch’s local volcanoes forming Banks Peninsula were last erupting! (8ish million y ago)

Watch: Up to 55,000 people march on Parliament in unprecedented day of protest - only one arrest As the crowd chanted, Seymour walked back into the Beehive with his MPs.

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/hikoi-to-...

Scientists probe Pacific volcanoes’ risk to NZ’s internet Scientists say huge undersea Pacific eruptions pose threat to cables linking NZ to world.

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-...

Ngāuruhoe last week still sporting a little snow. You can sit up front on the plane from Welly if you ask nicely, but Soundsair are discontinuing the route at the end of the year 😥

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...

Congratulations hazard and risk emerging leading scientists Lauren Vinnell and Shane Rooyakkers!! www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/2024-ma...