If anywhere on earth doesn’t need reduced geohazards in one of the small number of countries who have built their largest city in the heart of an active volcanic area.

59 jobs going in the organisation responsible for "monitoring and researching geohazards such as earthquakes, landslides, volcanoes and tsunamis". Has the government cancelled geohazards as well as everything else then? www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

59 jobs to go at GNS Science

Seven roles were retained from the initial cuts proposed as part of the public sector downsizing.

GNS have confirmed they are cutting over forty science roles including in areas like risk modelling and geohazards, in service of “improved” profits. This is what a commercial model for public good science does. The damage to our capability and reputation will be long-lasting.

‘Huge blow’: GNS Science confirms move to cut 10% of its workforce

Hazard-focused roles among dozens of jobs to be cut in confirmed GNS Science restructure.

and travelling thousands of km to do fieldwork just before the week about geohazards in BC archaeology - gosh

All in the name of 'financial stability', which is short-sighted in countless ways, but is also foolish even on its own terms. Geohazards research might never be a profit centre for GNS, but by saving lives and property it sure as heck has a positive financial impact on NZ society as a whole.

🧪⚒️ Sad to see that it's New Zealand's turn to suffer the potentially deadly costs of a right wing government's contempt for scientific expertise. Skimping on geohazards monitoring and risk assessment in a country bisected by a plate boundary? What could go wrong?

Cost cutting could ‘devastate’ research on NZ’s biggest tsunami threat - 85 experts

Dozens of the world's top geoscientists have urged GNS to rethink axing 46 research jobs.

(19/27) We don't want any geohazards nor disasters, but we do want to follow people who work on these topics! List by @watershedlab.bsky.social#disasters#geohazards

Anyone working in Geohazards and Disasters. See the starter pack group set up by @watershedlab.bsky.socialgo.bsky.app/K1RqXtr

All going well I should be in Iceland next week to talk about and work on simulation codes for High Performance Computers to solve geophysical and geohazards problems. I’m preparing. Icelandic music☑️ Pronunciation guide☑️ 🇮🇸

Can you add me to the geohazards list?