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...
