Natural hazards, a warming climate and new resource laws – why NZ needs geoscientists more than ever
- Written by Martin Brook, Associate Professor of Applied Geology, University of Auckland
Earth scientists and technical staff are in scope for potential job losses at New Zealand universities as part of a wider cost-cutting exercise. As a geologist, I find these mooted redundancies stupefying.
New Zealand faces multiple natural hazards, the geotechnical industry is already struggling to recruit graduates, and the demand can only grow...

















