Study of kelp in New Zealand reveals earthquake history
Monday, July 20, 2020 - 10:11
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A team of researchers at the University of Otago in New Zealand has found that studying the genes of kelp growing offshore can reveal some of the earthquake history of a given area. In their paper published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group describes their study of kelp samples taken from sites with a history of earthquakes along the New Zealand coast and what they learned from it.