Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished. Francis Bacon

Civilisation exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.  Will Durant, American historian

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent upon it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do. Galileo

Our Natural World

New Zealand bridges a very active piece of the earth. Processes mould landscapes and the hazards associated with these processes are perhaps of even greater importance and interest than the landforms they create.

International

activeearth.org

An International portal of current natural goings-ons from all over the planet (including NZ).

The aim of ActiveEarth.org is to provide a single point of reference (a portal) to all aspects of the Earth Sciences on the Web. An excellent daily summary of the status of our wee planet. Run by a couple of enthuastic chaps from the UK.
http://www.activeearth.org/default.asp

New Zealand

Natural Hazards Centre

The Natural Hazards Centre provides New Zealanders with a single point of contact for the latest research, resources, and scientific expertise.
http://www.naturalhazards.net.nz/

Land information New Zealand

Land information New Zealand is a fantastic site to get tide information (plug in your port and date) and astronomical data (moon, planet and sun rises).
http://www.hydro.linz.govt.nz/tides/index.asp/

New Zealand Government

New Zealand government science site devoted to the latest earth rumblings.
http://www.gns.cri.nz/index.html

Where have the most recent earthquakes happened?

Find out more about the latest earth rumblings at these two sites.
http://www.geonet.org.nz/recent_quakes.html
http://www.geonet.org.nz/latest.html

Web cams

Some web cams watching our most active volcanoes.
http://www.geonet.org.nz/volcanocam.html