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Scoop
5 days ago
- Science
- Scoop
Bioshields Could Help Slow Tsunami Flow
GNS Science - Latest News [Page 1] Lead researcher and GNS Tsunami Scientist Jean Roger said the study findings are expected to help local governments, planners, environmental agencies and infrastructure managers make informed decisions about natural environment management and natural ... More >> GNS-Led Voyage To Hunga Volcano Returns With New Insights Into 2022 Eruption Monday, 24 June 2024, 10:53 am | GNS Science Scientists are now much closer to understanding what triggered the most violent volcanic eruption in more than a hundred years thanks to the return of a successful month-long expedition to Hunga volcano (Tonga) led by GNS Science. More >> Ancient Polar Sea Reptile Is The Oldest Ever Found In The Southern Hemisphere Tuesday, 18 June 2024, 9:37 am | GNS Science An Early Triassic Nothosaur fossil vertebra, from about 246 million years ago, discovered in New Zealand has upended long-standing hypotheses on how, when and from where nothosaurs and other early sea-going reptiles dispersed around the globe. More >> New Guidance Encourages Planners Not To Let Landslide Risk Reduction Opportunities Slip By Monday, 29 January 2024, 11:42 am | GNS Science Today GNS Science has released new land-use planning guidance to manage and reduce the risks of landslides. The Landslide Planning Guidance: Reducing Landslide Risk through Land-Use Planning strongly encourages landslide risk to be considered early ... More >> GNS Science Is Expecting Many Thousands Of Landslides Because Of Cyclone Gabrielle Wednesday, 15 February 2023, 1:37 pm | GNS Science Landslides are a national hazard, responsible for taking lives and costing New Zealand around $300M a year. GNS Science provides some advice to New Zealanders about how they can stay safe during extreme weather events, and how they can help. ... More >> Revised Earthquake Hazard Model Helps Aotearoa New Zealand Increase Resilience Tuesday, 4 October 2022, 6:25 am | GNS Science Aotearoa New Zealand's updated National Seismic Hazard Model estimates the likelihood of future earthquake shaking hazard to have increased throughout most of the country, ranging from almost no change to more than doubling in some areas. On average, results ... More >> New Zealand Partnership Increases Geothermal Presence In Japan Thursday, 21 April 2022, 3:48 pm | GNS Science GNS Science and Geo40 have today announced a geothermal coalition which will see them establish a physical presence in Tokyo. The move to open an office in Japan demonstrates the strength of New Zealand's expertise in the geothermal space, and ... More >> DART Network Proves Invaluable In Assessing Tsunami Threat Following The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Eruption Tuesday, 18 January 2022, 5:34 pm | GNS Science Aotearoa New Zealand's network of DART buoys proved vital over the weekend as tsunami experts raced to analyse the tsunami threat to our coastlines following a large, explosive eruption at Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in Tonga. DART (Deep-ocean ... More >> GNS Science Conduct Trench Work On Rauoterangi Fault Tuesday, 25 May 2021, 12:01 pm | GNS Science GNS Science has conducted a geotechnical study on the Rauoterangi Fault in Feilding in the hope to carbon date the fault line and analyse the risk it poses. The study has been fully funded by the Earthquake Commission Kōmihana Rūwhenua (EQC), with ... More >> Ground-breaking Climate Change Collaboration Awarded PM's Science Prize Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 4:42 pm | GNS Science Dr Richard Levy and Dr Nancy Bertler at the Ice Core Facility, GNS Science GNS Science is proud to be part of the Melting Ice & Rising Seas Team that has been awarded the Prime Minister's Science Prize. The project is a ground-breaking ... More >> Revised Hazard Posters For Mt Ruapehu 2020 Friday, 12 June 2020, 11:52 am | GNS Science Ruapehu is an incredible winter playground, and as mountain users prepare for the 2020 season a revised set of hazard posters will help them know how to keep themselves safe on the volcano. The key message remains the same: Ruapehu is an active ... More >> Government's Support For Science Sector Crucial For NZ's Recovery – GNS Science Wednesday, 3 June 2020, 2:23 pm | GNS Science Science and innovation will play a crucial role in New Zealand's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and GNS Science welcomes today's announcement of additional support for the sector. Research, Science and Innovation Minister Dr Megan Woods ... More >> International Recognition For GNS Science's Research Output Tuesday, 5 May 2020, 2:48 pm | GNS Science Cutting edge research and high-impact partnerships have cemented GNS Science's position as a thought leader in earth and environmental sciences, recognised in the annual Nature Index . In the 2020 Index , published this month, GNS Science is ranked ... More >> GNS Science Continues To Monitor NZ's Geological Hazards During COVID-19 Crisis Monday, 23 March 2020, 12:27 pm | GNS Science New Zealand's four geohazard perils – earthquake, volcano, landslide and tsunami – are still being continuously monitored despite the COVID-19 pandemic, GNS Science says. GNS Science is taking a precautionary approach to protect the health of its ... More >> Moving Mountains On The Ocean Floor May Hold Key To East Coast Earthquakes Wednesday, 4 March 2020, 1:14 pm | GNS Science Earthquakes and slow slip events may be influenced by mountains on the ocean floor, or 'seamounts', according to new research co-authored by GNS Science. A paper published today in Nature Geoscience magazine found that seamounts can have ... More >> Shallow magma driving volcanic activity at Whakaari Friday, 13 December 2019, 1:37 pm | GNS Science Volcano monitoring data from Whakaari/White Island indicates a shallow body of magma is present and eruption risk continues, GNS Science experts say. Since Monday's tragic events there has been no further eruptive activity at Whakaari/White Island. ... More >> GNS Science maps show risk levels at White Island still high Thursday, 12 December 2019, 5:02 pm | GNS Science Risk assessment maps released by GNS Science (dated 02 and 12 December 2019) show the crater floor of Whakaari/White Island is still a high-risk area, with a further eruption looking increasingly likely. The maps were released at a National Emergency ... More >> Risk of Whakaari/White Island eruption remains high Thursday, 12 December 2019, 11:17 am | GNS Science The risk of further eruptions at Whakaari/White Island is unchanged and remains high, GNS Science experts say. More >>
Chicago Tribune
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Niles North grads urged to persevere, dream at commencement Sunday
Niles North High School seniors lined up excitedly in their purple graduation robes and mortar boards Sunday for the school's 2025 commencement ceremony. The graduation was the first to be held outside of Niles Township High School District 219 grounds, at Northwestern University's Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston. Niles West High School seniors also graduated earlier in the day at the same venue. Students from Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles and Skokie attend the Skokie schools. Niles North Principal Marlon Felton, in his first year as the school's principal, congratulated the class of 2025 in his encouraging remarks to them and their families. 'Seniors, as you step into the next chapter of your life, whether it's a college, a career, the military, a gap year or the pursuit of a dream yet to be defined, remember this. Success is not a straight line. It's messy, it's challenging and it often asks you to fail before you fly,' Felton said. 'But you already know how to persevere. You've shown us that. And you carry within you the courage, creativity and compassion that this world so desperately needs.' Seniors Aaqib Shareef and Emilia Cohen spoke to their graduating class about their time at Niles North and what they learned from it. 'Good times consist of collections of beautiful moments, not one singular moment in the future where you get everything you've ever dreamed of,' said Cohen. 'Over our senior year, you have consistently been told about the future,' Shareef said. 'While that is crucial, you must take time to ground yourself in the now. Before we take our next steps into the world, it is your turn to live the questions, Who am I? Because I am who I am.' Senior Olivia Russell sang Fleetwood Mac's 'Landslide' to commemorate her four years at Niles North. 'Olivia chose this song because the lyrics remind them of how scary it can be to grow up and move on, but how important it is reflect on the experiences you've had,' said Assistant Principal of Operations Julianne Evans.
Elle
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Elle
In The 'Handmaid's Tale' Finale, A Fan Favourite Made An Unexpected Return: 'It Was An Immediate Yes'
Spoilers for the finale of The Handmaid's Tale below. Blessed be the fruit, indeed. Today, after six seasons, The Handmaid's Tale came to an end with the finale airing in the US on Hulu. While UK viewers - watching on Channel 4 and Amazon Prime video — will have to wait a little longer to see the finale, those who have seen the show were treated to a very unexpected cameo. Viewers who've made it all the way to the end were treated to an appearance by Alexis Bledel, who — as Elisabeth Moss walked around her former Gilead neighbourhood — returned eight years after her last appearance, saying 'Blessed be the fruit' and shocking June, along with audiences. FIND OUT MORE ON ELLE COLLECTIVE Bledel unexpectedly left the show at the end of season four. The series explained her absence in series five, claiming she'd gone back to Gilead to fight and find Aunt Lydia, after saying goodbye to her wife and son. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about the cameo, Bledel revealed: 'It was an immediate yes. It felt right to bring closure to Emily's journey and offer the audience a sense of completion. Bruce [Miller, the series creator who wrote the final episode] put together such a kind and talented group, and so many of the original crew were still there in season six. The production runs like a well-oiled machine — everyone brings their best. I'm excited to see what they create in [sequel series] The Testaments.' In the show's finale, Emily and June took a walk around the neighbourhood (as they had many times in previous series) where Bledel's character revealed she had been a Martha for a Commander and she had managed to keep contact with her family. 'They're the reason I'm fighting,' she says. The appearance ended with an emotional dream sequence, where June imagines they women were never in Gilead and sees the two of them — along with Moira (Samira Wiley), Janine (Madeline Brewer), Rita (Amanda Brugel) and killed handmaids Alma (Nina Kiri) and Brianna (Bahia Watson) — together and singing karaoke in a bar to 'Landslide' by Fleetwood Mac. The Handmaid's Tale airs on Channel 4 and Prime Video in the UK – you can sign up now for a free 30-day Prime Video trial. ELLE Collective is a new community of fashion, beauty and culture lovers. For access to exclusive content, events, inspiring advice from our Editors and industry experts, as well the opportunity to meet designers, thought-leaders and stylists, become a member today HERE.
Business Insider
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Business Insider
Here's what happens in 'The Handmaid's Tale' series finale — and how it sets up the spinoff series
Warning: Major spoilers ahead for the series finale of "The Handmaid's Tale." After eight years, Hulu's adaptation of Margaret Atwood's award-winning dystopian novel, " The Handmaid's Tale," has come to an end. Since 2017, the Emmy Award-winning series has followed June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) as she fights to dismantle a radical theocratic regime that has taken over America and enslaved women to bear children for the ruling class. At the beginning of season six, June was reunited with her mom, Holly (Cherry Jones), who she assumed was dead. June and her husband, Luke Bankole (O-T Fagbenle), and friend, Moira Strand (Samira Wiley), also started planning to take down Gilead's crooked commanders. The rebellion group, known as Mayday, then launched its attack. The penultimate episode saw the last of the top-ranking commanders meet their demise in a plane explosion, orchestrated by June and commander Joseph Lawrence (Bradley Whitford). Comparatively, the series finale of "The Handmaid's Tale," which is streaming on Hulu, was a much less dramatic installment that focused on tying up the loose ends following the fall of Gilead. Here's a recap of how things ended and what happened to every major character in "The Handmaid's Tale." June is living in America again after Boston is freed from Gilead occupation The final episode begins with June confirming that Boston has been returned to America and is no longer part of the Republic of Gilead. The episode is filled with painful goodbyes and tearful reunions. June magnanimously forgives Serena Waterford (Yvonne Strahovski) in their final conversation before Serena and her son step on a bus headed for a refugee camp. Elsewhere, June reunites with Janine Lindo (Madeline Brewer), Moira, her mom, and her daughter Nichole, all of whom she hasn't seen since before the Mayday attacks. In a particularly uplifting moment, June and some of the women are seen singing along to the Fleetwood Mac song "Landslide" at a karaoke bar. Emily makes a surprise appearance in the finale Later on in the episode, Emily Malek (Alexis Bledel) makes a surprise return. The character, who hasn't been seen since 2022's fourth season, tells June that she's been fighting Gilead from the inside while posing as a "Martha," a domestic servant who works in the house of a commander sympathetic to the cause. While it appeared that she had abandoned her wife, Sylvia (Clea DuVall), and their young son Oliver, Emily says that she wasn't gone from their lives. June decides to write her story down In a conversation with Luke, June shares her plan to rescue Hannah, their now-teenage daughter, who she has learned is enslaved as a handmaid to a commander in Washington, D.C. Luke echoes something that Holly tells June earlier in the episode: she should write a book recounting her survival. "It wasn't all horrors, right?" Luke says when June brushes off the suggestion. He reminds her of the allyship she found in others who worked to bring Gilead down. "People like Janine, Emily, Lawrence, Nick," he says. "They're all worth remembering." In the final moments of the show, June returns to the house previously owned by the commander Fred Waterford (Joseph Fiennes). Sitting in the room where she was once held prisoner as a handmaid, she takes out a dictaphone and begins to recite her story — Offred's story — from the beginning. The spinoff 'The Testaments' will reveal the fate of June's daughter, Hannah While Hannah's rescue is an overarching theme of the series, fans may be dismayed that June doesn't get her long-awaited reunion with her daughter in the finale. Instead, there is a poignant recurring flashback to a moment before Gilead's government took over; June and Hannah are seen enjoying a night at a fairground, which momentarily turns into a nightmare when June loses Hannah in the crowd, only to find her standing by a ride, unharmed. While "The Handmaid's Tale" give Hannah's storyline closure, it's possible, but unconfirmed, that they will reunite in the greenlit spinoff series, "The Testaments." The series, which is being developed by Hulu and MGM Television, is based on Atwood's follow-up novel of the same name and takes place 15 years after the events of "The Handmaid's Tale." Ann Dowd reprises her role as Aunt Lydia, while newcomers Chase Infiniti and Lucy Halliday will play Agnes and Lucy, two young women with connections to Gilead's darkest days.
Montreal Gazette
20-05-2025
- Climate
- Montreal Gazette
Montreal weather: We don't want the mud to dry out
Do not let the constant showers get you down. Here are some things you can do to combat the cloudy blues: Take pictures of yourself looking out a rain-streaked window. Set them to music, like Imagine or Landslide. Make a fleet of paper boats and float them in puddles around your neighbourhood. Set up a Worm Search & Rescue Mission. Move squish-endangered sidewalk worms carefully back to soil. Unbox all the action figures you've been keeping in pristine condition just in case they gain value. Mud pies, obvs. The high in Montreal Tuesday is expected to be 15 C with a UV index of 5, or moderate. There is a 60-per-cent chance of showers. At night, the low will be 9 C with (stop me if you've heard this before) a chance of showers.
