Tag: New Zealand
June 15, 2023
Sinking Seamount Offers Clues to Slow Motion Earthquakes
Scientists have long puzzled over what happens when seamounts — mountains and volcanoes on the seafloor — are pulled into subduction zones. Now, new research…
Read MoreFebruary 16, 2023
Earthquake Scientists Have a New Tool in the Race to Find the Next Big One
An everyday quirk of physics could be an important missing piece in scientists’ efforts to predict the world’s most powerful earthquakes. In a study published…
Read MoreMay 24, 2021
Slow Slip’ Earthquakes’ Hidden Mechanics Revealed
Slow slip earthquakes, a type of slow motion tremor, have been detected at many of the world’s earthquake hotspots, including those found around the Pacific…
Read MoreMarch 25, 2020
Eclectic Rocks Influence Earthquake Types
New Zealand’s largest fault is a jumble of mixed-up rocks of all shapes, sizes, compositions and origins. According to research from a global team of…
Read MoreMarch 2, 2020
Sinking Sea Mountains Make and Muffle Earthquakes
Subduction zones — places where one tectonic plate dives beneath another — are where the world’s largest and most damaging earthquakes occur. A new study…
Read MoreSeptember 11, 2017
Earthquake Triggers “Slow Motion” Quakes in New Zealand
Slow slip events, a type of slow motion earthquake that occurs over days to weeks, are thought to be capable of triggering larger, potentially damaging…
Read MoreMay 5, 2016
World’s Shallowest Slow-Motion Earthquakes Detected Off New Zealand’s Coast
Research published in the May 6 edition of Science indicates that slow-motion earthquakes or “slow-slip events” can rupture the shallow portion of a fault that…
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In the wake of Hurricane Beryl, a group of Jackson School scientists headed to Matagorda Beach to study the impact of the destructive storm. 🌊
Research Professor Zoltán Sylvester shares what they found in a field dispatch for our annual Newsletter.
https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/news/2024/12/surveying-hurricane-beryls-impacts-on-barrier-islands/
🪇 🪩 Happy new year, everyone! Celebrate with us as Yoshi Wada discusses how energy access can resolve water issues via desalination and water reuse! Tune-in here: https://wrp.beg.utexas.edu/node/101
UT researchers find key ingredient for phones and other tech in coal ash.