Tag Archives: Volcano

Surprising Volcano Discovery Beneath Matata

Surprising Volcano Discovery Beneath Matata

Scientists say they have discovered a magma buildup near the town of Matata that could signal the beginnings of a new volcano – although they’re not expecting an eruption any time soon. Geophysicist Ian Hamling…

Living a Kiwi Life – Summiting Mount Taranaki – Ep. 26

Living a Kiwi Life – Summiting Mount Taranaki – Ep. 26

This time the couple took on Mount Taranaki in New Zealand. It’s a 2,518m dormant volcano that is intimidating enough to look at and even more insane to climb. Their…

Living a Kiwi Life – Ep.25 – White Island

Living a Kiwi Life – Ep.25 – White Island

In this episode the couple took a trip to White Island in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. It’s a volcanic island like no other, only accessible by boat (or…

Volcano off the Bay of Plenty Coast Erupts

Volcano off the Bay of Plenty Coast Erupts

White Island, a volcano off the coast of Bay of Plenty, erupted yesterday morning, sending a plume of steam two kilometres into the air. The eruption happened about 10:23am, lasted only a few minutes…

Strange Volcanic Goings-On

Strange Volcanic Goings-On

A peculiar lava spine between 20 and 30m across has appeared in the crater of White Island. Wired’s Eric Klemetti is “not even sure how to describe it.” “The lava forming it has to…

Floating Pumice Raft Intrigues

Floating Pumice Raft Intrigues

A mass of golf-ball-size pumice rocks almost the size of Belgium has been discovered floating 1000km off the northeast coast of Auckland. The 26,000 square kilometre- stretch of pumice was first spotted by an…

Sleeping Giant Awakens

Sleeping Giant Awakens

Mount Tongariro, dormant for more than a century, roared into life on 6 August erupting boulders and spreading an ash cloud over the centre of the country. The spew of rocks, fine particles and…

One Fast Growing Underwater Volcano

One Fast Growing Underwater Volcano

Scientists have discovered a submarine volcano in New Zealand waters, 1000km northeast of the North Island, that has undergone the fastest episode of collapse and growth ever recorded in a volcano. The Monowai Cone…

Upon A Breathing Planet

Upon A Breathing Planet

“Step into the volcanic crater on White Island, among the steaming fumaroles and geysers, and you’re instantly in a geothermal wonderland,” American journalist Jill Robinson writes for The Washington Post. “The hissing and bubbling…

Lit by the Might of Another

Lit by the Might of Another

Mt Taranaki features in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer ‘News of the World Pictures’ section, the snowy peak lit by a “warm glow” as the ash cloud from Chilean volcano Puyehue-Cordon-Caulle drifted across the Pacific, on…

Volcanic adventure

Volcanic adventure

“The precipitous mist that clung to the peaks of this volcanic island did little to obscure the ominous scene that was quickly emerging in front of our boat,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter Elisabeth Ponsot describes…

At Nature’s mercy

At Nature’s mercy

“If the volcano erupts, don’t try to outrun the lava,” a guide casually instructs Toronto Star freelancer Teresa Pitman who is on a tour of White Island. “Your best bet is to find something…