We know Aotearoa New Zealand is home to many geographically and biologically special features. Yet few of us know it also has ...

The Antarctic ice sheets are massive, in some places over 4km thick, but they're not immune to climate change. New observations show that ice shelves are melting, winter sea ice is declining, and deep ...

This report provides an assessment of both the demonstrated and underdeveloped potential of the deep-time geologic record to inform us about the dynamics of the global climate system. The report ...

Geological time, generally considered as a system of eras, periods and epochs materialized in rock strata, might actually follow a simple and unifying model. Indeed, a new study led by physicist Shaun ...

We begin the new year by taking a deep dive into an even deeper subject: the mysteries of geologic time. We leave the turbulent present to visit the past, exploring the West long before it became the ...

If you ask Professor John Compton what Table Mountain is, he won’t give you the simple answer you may have hoped for. He won’t say “a mountain in Cape Town” or even “a famous landmark”. Instead, he ...

James S. Crampton currently receives funding from the Marsden Fund to Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Kyle J. Bland receives funding from the Te Riu-a-Māui / Understanding Zealandia and ...