Volcanoes
Lessons from La Palma helping to predict volcanic eruptions
Learning how to predict where Auckland's next volcano might pop up Audio
Inside Auckland's lava caves
Caves created by rivers of lava underlie New Zealand’s biggest city. A new research project is documenting Auckland's lava caves, hoping to protect this hidden geological heritage and understand what… Audio
Inside Auckland's lava caves
Caves created by rivers of lava underlie New Zealand’s biggest city. A new research project is documenting Auckland's lava caves, hoping to protect this hidden geological heritage and understand what…
AudioUnderstanding our nearshore island volcanoes - Whakaari and Tūhua
A multi-year research project aims to find out the risks from two Bay of Plenty offshore island volcanoes: Tūhua / Mayor Island and Whakaari / White Island Video, Audio
Understanding our nearshore island volcanoes - Whakaari and Tūhua
A multi-year research project aims to find out the risks from two Bay of Plenty offshore island volcanoes: Tūhua / Mayor Island and Whakaari / White Island
AudioThe 2023 Prime Minister’s Science Prizes: Communicating volcano science and sampling soils
Meet two winners of the 2023 Prime Ministers Science Prizes. In the wake of the 2019 Whakaari eruption, Professor Ben Kennedy engaged communities with the science of volcano hazards – mahi that earns… Audio
The 2023 Prime Minister’s Science Prizes: Communicating volcano science and sampling soils
Meet two winners of the 2023 Prime Ministers Science Prizes. In the wake of the 2019 Whakaari eruption, Professor Ben Kennedy engaged communities with the science of volcano hazards – mahi that earns…
AudioOn alert – the National Geohazard Monitoring Centre
Go behind the scenes at the National Geohazard Monitoring Centre, where a team of analysts are on alert 24/7 for earthquakes, volcanic activity, tsunamis and landslides. What happens when a natural… Audio
On alert – the National Geohazard Monitoring Centre
Go behind the scenes at the National Geohazard Monitoring Centre, where a team of analysts are on alert 24/7 for earthquakes, volcanic activity, tsunamis and landslides. What happens when a natural…
AudioTonga eruption: Why it was so violent, and what else we know a year on
Was this a new type of eruption we've never seen before? Was it a wake-up call? Yes and yes.
NZ's natural beauty: geologically speaking
Geologist Bruce Hayward's latest book Mountains, Volcanoes, Coasts and Caves: Origins of Aotearoa New Zealand's Natural Wonders takes the reader around the motu. It tells of the history and geology of… Audio
What we know about the Tonga eruption, four months on
It was the biggest eruption the world had seen in decades, but there's still so much scientists are piecing together about what happened when Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai blew. Audio
What we know about the Tonga eruption, four months on
It was the biggest eruption the world had seen in decades, but there's still so much scientists are piecing together about what happened when Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai blew.
AudioTell-tale hints before volcanic eruptions found using AI
Researchers have pinpointed precursors to volcanic eruptions, in data collected before explosions including the deadly 2019 Whakaari surge that killed 22 people.
Covering Tonga’s eruption - without communications
That epic undersea eruption in Tonga was heard around the region - and recorded and analysed in minute detail, even from space. But a comprehensive communications wipeout cut reporters off from… Video, Audio
Covering Tonga’s eruption - without communications
That epic undersea eruption in Tonga was heard around the region - and recorded and analysed in minute detail, even from space. But a comprehensive communications wipeout cut reporters off from…
Video, AudioCovid vaccine and cancer, snails' trails
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to talk about the latest Covid studies, including the 80 per cent rollout of the Pfizer vaccine to Israeli adults and the safety of the vaccine for… Audio
New volcano warning system welcomed by Whakaari victim's family
The brother of a man who was killed in the Whakaari White Island eruption has welcomed the news that a new volcano warning system has been developed by acientists at Auckland University.
The system… Audio
Science correspondent Siouxsie Wiles
Science correspondent Siouxsie Wiles joins Lynn to look at how researchers have built a lab-based system to mimic deep-sea volcanic eruptions and compared their findings with data from the eruption of… Audio
Calling Home: Dr. Janine Krippner in Washington D.C.
Janine Krippner can't remember a time in her life when she hasn't been completely besotted by volcanoes, and with a lead role at the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program in Washington D.C., she is… Audio
