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Satellite images show the extent of devastation from multiple wildfires burning in Los Angeles County. The fires have killed at least 10 people and destroyed thousands of structures.
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The blazes are the result of a combination of suburban sprawl in fire-prone areas, fierce Santa Ana winds, dry conditions fueled by climate change and the limits of firefighting.
RNZ
UXOs contaminate the Pacific but there's little clean-up funding despite hundreds of millions of dollars being spent on new defense infrastructure.
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Massive wildfires are tearing across the Los Angeles area with devastating force.
Mother Jones
A scientist explains the role of climate change, infrastructure, power lines—and goats.
NZ Herald
While The Front Page is on its summer break, we are revisiting some of the biggest news stories from 2024. New episodes return on January 13th. A...
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People in Vanuatu applaud its latest show of resilience following a deadly magnitude-7.3 earthquake, but they say it can't respond to its cascading natural disasters alone.
The Conversation
Since Vanuatu’s first earthquake was at a magnitude over 7, we would expect to see more aftershocks to come, at declining strengths and frequency – in a pattern that can last weeks to months.
A unique river portrait and a humorous moment with bubbles are some of the award-winning images taken by NIWA staff this year.
Alaska Volcano Observatory has raised its alert status after an increase in pronounced seismic activity, and a ground deformation was spotted.
RNZ
Detective constable Patrick Noiseux was swept underwater while trying to reach seven civilians. When he came up, nobody else could be seen.
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An interactive high-resolution dataset has been released to the public, showing the active faults running through New Zealand. The data set, made available by GNS Science, shows the locations of faults that have broken or deformed the surface in the last 125,000 years.
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A new paper published in the New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics describes, for the first time, the high-resolution dataset of the New Zealand…
While torrential rain was lashing the West Coast this April, MetService was mopping up incorrect advice Niwa gave to a civil defence emergency...
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From a boy who blew up models with firecrackers to an international expert on fire engineering, University of Canterbury Emeritus Professor Charley Fleischman has built a career around fire safety.
Grist
The pilot will test parametric insurance, which pays out quickly after agreed-upon “triggers” – such as wind speeds or river heights – reach a certain level.
NZ Herald
Three of Whakatāne’s high-end businesses fear months of flood protection works starting early next year could shut their doors forever. Owners of spa and...
A new tool uses satellite data to monitor New Zealand's coastlines for erosion.
Three suspected self-inflicted deaths in the months following Cyclone Gabrielle have been included in a coroner’s inquiry into 18 fatalities linked to the extreme weather events.
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Dr Lauren Vinnell has been awarded an inaugural Aotearoa New Zealand Tāwhia te Mana Research Fellowship for her work aimed at enhancing the country’s resilience to future natural hazard events.
NZ Herald
Scientists are investigating what they call a “critical hazard blind spot” for New Zealand: the risk of faraway Pacific eruptions to undersea cables we rely...
the Guardian
US suffered greatest economic losses, report commissioned by International Chamber of Commerce finds, followed by China and India
the Guardian
The regionâs president responds to criticisms that he was slow to act by attacking the prime minister
The Conversation
Around 38% of these costs can be attributed to climate change – new study.
Hundreds of homeowners are waiting on settlements, but the Minister responsible for the Natural Hazards commission says "at some point, the music's got to stop".
NZ Herald
While The Front Page is on its summer break, we are revisiting some of the biggest news stories from 2024. New episodes return on January 13th. A...
The active fault datasets displayed on this website are prepared by the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS Science).
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There are 161 potentially active volcanoes in the United States. According to a 2018 USGS assessment, 57 volcanoes are a high threat or very high threat to public safety.
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