School of Environment, The University of Auckland

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The School of Environment is the place to study and research in the disciplines of Geography, Earth Sciences, Environmental Science, Environmental Management and Geographic Information Science. Our research and teaching addresses the earth surface and subsurface, climate, social, economic and cultural processes that shape our world.

Did you know undersea Pacific volcanoes could disrupt NZā€™s internet? Professor Shane Cronin and his team are investigati...
15/12/2025

Did you know undersea Pacific volcanoes could disrupt NZā€™s internet? Professor Shane Cronin and his team are investigating a critical blind spot: how volcanic eruptions near key submarine cables might sever global connectivity. Their work reveals just how vulnerable NZā€™s digital lifelines are - and why we need to prepare šŸ›œ

šŸ“· Zhimai Zhang / Unsplash

Auckland Museumā€™s The Music Lesson - a small 17th-century Netherlandish painting - recently underwent a New Zealand's fi...
10/12/2025

Auckland Museumā€™s The Music Lesson - a small 17th-century Netherlandish painting - recently underwent a New Zealand's first tree-ring analysis of an artwork led by Dr. Gretel Boswijk. The combination of evidence from historical research, paint analysis and dendrochronology determined that ā€˜The Music Lessonā€™ was from the early to mid-17th century, although the author of the painting remains unknown šŸ“–

Read more in "Papahou: Records of the Auckland Museumā€

Earlier this year, ocean moorings arrived back from the Ross Sea on RV Tangaroa after two years of collecting data in th...
03/12/2025

Earlier this year, ocean moorings arrived back from the Ross Sea on RV Tangaroa after two years of collecting data in the Joides Trough for Melissa Bowen as part of the Antarctic Science Platform. The instruments on the moorings will show how much dense water leaves the sea and how much warmer water flows in šŸŒŠ

Dr Gretel Boswijk has a chapter on kauri in a new book ā€œIn the Circle of Ancient Trees: Our Oldest Trees and the Stories...
10/10/2025

Dr Gretel Boswijk has a chapter on kauri in a new book ā€œIn the Circle of Ancient Trees: Our Oldest Trees and the Stories they tell.ā€ This beautiful book, edited by Dr. Valerie Trouet, combines art and narrative to explore the stories of 10 ancient tree species from around the world, their unique environments and climates, and what they have to tell us about the history of our world. Published by Riverside Press (UK) and Greystone Books (USA) in early October, and can be ordered through any good bookshop.

Access to parks isnā€™t equal. A study led by Katarzyna Sila-Nowicka used mobile phone data to reveal a harsh truth in Auc...
10/09/2025

Access to parks isnā€™t equal. A study led by Katarzyna Sila-Nowicka used mobile phone data to reveal a harsh truth in Auckland: public housing tenantsā€”already at higher health riskā€”have fewer, smaller parks nearby and must travel farther to access green spaces. With new park utilisation metrics, the research highlights urgent gaps in urban planning. To reduce inequalities, better access to green spaces is a must šŸ”

Read more: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204624000690

We had a great day meeting everyone at Mānawa Mai Open Day! Here's a few more snaps of the action. If you have any quest...
01/09/2025

We had a great day meeting everyone at Mānawa Mai Open Day! Here's a few more snaps of the action. If you have any questions about our courses or programmes please get in contact - we're here to help! āœØ

We're at Mānawa Mai Open Day! If you're thinking about joining us in 2026 come and chat with our team to find out what s...
29/08/2025

We're at Mānawa Mai Open Day! If you're thinking about joining us in 2026 come and chat with our team to find out what studying with the School of Environment is all about. We're on the ground floor of Building 302 (23 Symonds Street) until 4pm today. See you soon! šŸ¤©šŸ‘‹

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