Graham Leonard
ECLIPSE - getting ready for a supervolcano eruption
An $8-million research programme to better understand the Taupo supervolcano and prepare the community for an eruption has just begun. Audio
ECLIPSE - getting ready for a supervolcano eruption
An $8-million research programme to better understand the Taupo supervolcano and prepare the community for an eruption has just begun.
AudioDecoding Auckland's Volcanic Past
Two new studies to decode Auckland's volcanic past have been published, and they show volcanic activity was quite temperamental. At one stage several large eruptions happened within 4,000 years… Audio
Testing Volcanic Ballistics with a Cannon and Catapult
Geologists are using a cannon, a trebuchet and silly putty wrapped in condoms to investigate volcanic ballistics and better understand volcanic eruptions Video, Audio
Testing Volcanic Ballistics with a Cannon and Catapult
Geologists are using a cannon, a trebuchet and silly putty wrapped in condoms to investigate volcanic ballistics and better understand volcanic eruptions
Video, AudioVolcanic Eruption Detection System on Mount Ruapehu
The eruption detection system on Mount Ruapehu is designed to quickly warn people on the Whakapapa ski field to move to high ground out of the path of dangerous lahars Audio
Volcanic Eruption Detection System on Mount Ruapehu
The eruption detection system on Mount Ruapehu is designed to quickly warn people on the Whakapapa ski field to move to high ground out of the path of dangerous lahars
AudioTsunami Hazard Report
Tsunami hazards for New Zealand were recently revised based on new knowledge about very large earthquakes on plate boundaries Audio
Tsunami Hazard Report
Tsunami hazards for New Zealand were recently revised based on new knowledge about very large earthquakes on plate boundaries
AudioTsunami Hazard Report
Tsunami hazards for New Zealand were recently revised based on new knowledge about very large earthquakes on plate boundaries Audio
Tsunamis could be up to 50 percent bigger
Tsunamis could be up to 50 percent bigger and far more destructive in some parts of the country than previously thought. Audio
Auckland's Volcanoes
Volcanologists Jan Lindsay and Graham Leonard explain a research project that aims to determine volcanic risk in Auckland. Audio
Auckland's Volcanoes
Volcanologists Jan Lindsay and Graham Leonard explain a research project that aims to determine volcanic risk in Auckland.
AudioScience Story - Auckland Volcanoes
Within a radius of about twenty kilometres of the city centre, there are almost 50 discrete volcanoes. Audio
Volcanic Threat
Discovery of a new volcano under Auckland city provides them with new information about potential eruptions. Audio
