With recent events I’m reminded of the book The Fifth Risk, by Micheal Lewis. I fear it’s far more pertinent now than it even was when it was first released….

Crown Research Institutes to be merged: Science sector revamp draws mixed reaction The merging of the seven Crown Research Institutes has drawn criticism - but others are focused on how it will work.

Big changes are afoot in the NZ science sector www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Holidays coming up, what’s on everyone’s reading list?

Great start to summer here in Wellington.

One of the benefits of the early morning flight out of Wellington!

I made a starter pack for past and present researchers here at GNS Science. Let's see who else is hiding out there 🏔🌋🏞

go.bsky.app/4KQru6o

Audible and infrasonic waves generated during the 2022 Hunga eruption: Observations from across Aotearoa New Zealand The 15 January 2022 eruption of Hunga volcano (Kingdom of Tonga) featured one of the most powerful blasts in recent history, generating atmospheric ac…

New paper from me!

We had a close look at seismo-acoustic data from all across Aotearoa after the spectacular 2022 eruption of Hunga volcano. We found evidence for rare and weird acoustic phenomena, particularly booming noises triggered by a Lamb wave and an extremely rare Pekeris wave.

🔴⚠️🌋🇮🇸The evolution of the #eruption in #Iceland has slowed down,but lava keeps flowing and it has extended for almost 5km in W direction,reaching the #bluelagoon close to hot water infrastructure. Urgent works are ongoing to protect it. Here the latest #Landsat 9 📸 #Volcano @volcaholic1.bsky.social

Parts of power system could be out for 36 hours in event of extreme solar storm A major space weather event would have "potentially catastrophic consequences", a NEMA plan says.

Important mahi going into how NZ prepares for space weather www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Awesome volcanic ash artwork at Sakurajima ferry port by volcanic ash artist KYOCO.

‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.

The same week, one article in Science and another one in Nature about the big migration of scientists.
"Bluesky has rapidly emerged as the new online gathering place for researchers"
⚒️ 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
and www.science.org/content/arti...

The Blue Lagoon Incident Was Only Innovative Engineering Saving Valuable Infrastructure YouTube video by Just Icelandic

An interesting story by Gylfi Gylfason about the new #Iceland volcanic eruption, and how berms and other built protections have saved the geothermal plant and Blue Lagoon. ⚒️ 🌋
youtu.be/zbxwaqoczOk?...

Rapid impact assessments are needed to guide response efforts. For many reasons it’s sometimes not possible to make direct observations of impact before decisions need to be made. Our new study explores remote and rapid impact assessment for ashfall link.springer.com/article/10.1...

When a morning coffee just isn’t enough

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