Science ship in Lyttelton: Lots of research from NZ's small contributionIAIN MCGREGOR/Stuff A team on a science research vessel are investigating what lies underneath the seabed. A high-profile and expensive international research ship is heading south via Canterbury to search for new information about climate change. The Joides Resolution (JR), a former oil industry drilling ship, was in Lyttelton Harbour on Thursday and would depart for Antarctica later this week to drill into ocean sediments in the Ross Sea. The vessel has just spent six weeks drilling into the Hikurangi fault near Gisborne. "We're leveraging a massive amount of science out a small contribution," Niwa marine geologist Dr Philip Barnes said.

Source: Stuff January 04, 2018 06:22 UTC