International Collaboration

A groundbreaking study led by the University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka is set to revolutionise predictions of how glaciers and ice sheets deform and move. Published in Nature Geoscience and supported by The Royal Society Te Apārangi Marsden Fund and Antarctica New Zealand, the study brings together an international team of researchers from the Universities of Cambridge, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

Just over a day after its launch, a SpaceX crew capsule successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday. The mission delivered four replacement astronauts representing the US, Japan, and Russia to the station. These newcomers are scheduled to spend the next few days familiarising themselves with the ISS and its operations under the guidance of veteran astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.