Geology

GNS Science petroleum geochemist on the new research programme aimed at improving the chances of finding oil and gas accumulations in New Zealand's sedimentary basins. Audio

Science historian Simon Nathan discusses his biography of Sir James Hector, New Zealand's first government scientist. Audio

Senior Lecturer in the Department of Earth and Oceans, James Cook University, in Townsville, Australia, and part of the team that discovered Homo naledi, a human relative found in a cave system in… Audio

The story of the arid Australian interior (and how the dry mega lakes were once wet) - with Dr. Tim Cohen, geomorphologist at the University of Wollongong. Audio

The exact source of a diamond-bearing rock has been found - with A.Prof Marco Fiorentini, School of Earth and Environment from the University of Western Australia. Audio

Geologist Malcolm Laird and surveyor Peter Otway reminisce during the 2014 IceFest about their early visits to Antarctica in the 1960s Audio

University of New England Earth Science researcher Dr Alan Baxter was on board a sea expedition to the Bay of Bengal earlier this year to recover a geological core revealing information on the… Audio

University of Auckland volcanologist Jan Lindsay discusses the DEVORA project and its aim to assess volcanic hazard and risk for Auckland's metropolitan area. Audio

A fieldtrip through Mead Stream Gorge, north of Kaikoura, which provides a continuous record of 80 million years of geological history. Audio

Geologists have discovered that the Earth's inner core may in fact have its own even smaller core within it. Audio

The resilience of the communities of Aceh Indonesia who experienced the tsunami of 26 December 2004, as captured by GNS Science geomorphologist Dr Noel Trustrum in the book Aceh Revives: Celebrating… Audio

An international team of geologists, led by New Zealand, is drilling deep into the Alpine Fault to study the inner workings of a plate boundary fault. Audio

This weeks marks the start of the Antarctic science season and of the 2014 New Zealand IceFest in Christchurch. Audio

Victoria University geologists are drilling deep into the ground on a remote sheep station in the Wanganui Basin to study past changes in sea levels. Audio

Victoria University geologists are drilling deep into the ground on a remote sheep station in the Whanganui Basin to study past changes in sea levels. Audio

Dr Graham Pearson of the University of Alberta has got his hands on a real rough diamond. It comes from about 500kms underground and is only worth about $20, but provides priceless evidence of a… Audio

Volcanologists have been drilling deep into Rangitoto Island's lava to piece together its eruption history Audio

Volcanologists have been drilling deep into Rangitoto Island's lava to piece together its eruption history Audio

A team of University of Canterbury geologists, led by Mark Quigley, explores the region's tectonic history Audio

From erosion to earthquakes with geologist and paleontologist Dr Hamish Campbell from GNS Sciences. Tonight, how the Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki were formed. Audio