GNS Science, Te Pū Ao, is New Zealand’s leading provider of earth, geoscience and isotope research and consultancy services. Its purpose is to understand natural earth system processes and resources, and to translate these into economic, environmental and social benefits.

Through BLAKE’s partnership with GNS Science, one young New Zealander will be given the opportunity to take part in their CarbonWatch-Urban research to determine the carbon-dioxide emissions from Aotearoa.

Further information about the 2024/25 programme is outlined below.

BLAKE GNS Ambassador – CarbonWatch-Urban
1 position available
Will take place between Nov 2024 – Mar 2025 (TBC)

CarbonWatch-Urban is using a combination of modelling and atmospheric observations to determine carbon dioxide emissions from all of Aotearoa’s towns and cities at high spatial resolution.  As part of this project, we are developing a mobile greenhouse gas lab, and the Blake Ambassador will support the testing and first deployment phase of the mobile lab.

Some of the key skills of this candidate would be a general scientific understanding and interest in operating and maintaining scientific instrumentation.  Willingness to do field work involving driving and sample collection, and lab work including sample processing and data analysis. You will work as part of the CarbonWatch-Urban field team testing the mobile lab instrumentation and collecting the first samples in the Greater Wellington region.  Laboratory follow up and data analysis.

The Ambassador will need to be willing and able to talk to the public about our research, especially as the mobile lab is expected to be of wide interest.