Engaging in alternative economies
The growth of alternative exchange systems operating outside of the traditional waged economy is the focus of new research from SGEES.
The growth of alternative exchange systems operating outside of the traditional waged economy is the focus of new research from SGEES.
SGEES Colin Wilson has received one of the highest international honours in science, with his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Geophysics Masters student Ben Higgs is working on a joint VUW-NIWA-GNS project focussed on sonar imaging of gas flares on the Hikurangi margin. Ben attained a summer scholar-ship last summer and has also been awarded this year’s Rachel Westergaard Scholarship. At the conclusion of the summer Ben won the ‘Best overall movie’ category in the Victoria Summer Gold Competition.
SGEES PhD student Cécile Massiot represented Victoria University of Wellington at the World Geothermal Congress last week in Melbourne.
Two SGEES researchers have each been awarded $100,000 to investigate how Antarctica’s ice volume will change as the world warms.
A study by SGEES Associate Professor Brent Alloway has revealed the frightening potential risk posed by a recently active volcano in southern Chile, and provides insight into what could happen in New Zealand.
New research, led by SGEES and using underground dynamite explosions, has revealed previously unknown information about what happens underneath tectonic plates.
A programme to curb deforestation and carbon emissions in Indonesia has improved forest governance but more changes need to be implemented if its original aims are to be met, according to SGEES research.
Professor James Renwick, Victoria University of Wellington, comments on new findings that show 2014 ranks as Earth’s hottest on record since 1880.
An SGEES student is working with children to help raise awareness and educate the public about ways to mitigate the effects of climate change.