Volcanoes
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'Unusual unrest' on Ruapehu
Crater lake temperatures and gas on Mt Ruapehu remain stubbornly high, nine months after its last eruption, GNS Science says.
Volcano risk must be stressed, says scientist
Despite massive media coverage and a climber losing his leg, only a half of Ruapehu's visitors are aware of the mountain's eruption last year, a survey has found.
Scientists call for earthquake forecasting centre
Some of New Zealand’s top scientists and their overseas counterparts are pushing for the establishment of an earthquake and volcano forecasting centre.
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Geologists find new volcano in Auckland
Crown Research Institute GNS Science has helped prepare Auckland for future eruptions, as they and Auckland university colleagues discover a very rare second volcano within a volcano.
Robotic Vehicles To Explore Offshore Volcano
In a project led by GNS Science, unmanned vehicles will fly into the crater of an offshore volcano to map it and search for possible mineral deposits.
'Dam-cam' films Crater Lake outburst
A camera installed by GNS Science near the summit of Ruapehu has captured the moment when the wall of tephra that had been holding back the Crater Lake failed, triggering the recent spectacular lahar.
Lahar researchers flooded with information
Researchers from GNS Science and Massey University have spent the last three days gathering a flood of data about Sunday’s spectacular lahar as part of a $1 million research programme to gather maximum scientific value from the event.
Lahar vigilance
Researchers from GNS Science and Massey University’s Volcanic Risk Solutions installed a set of lahar-measuring equipment on Mount Ruapehu this week.
She's gonna blow - but not for a while!
Dr Hamish Campbell of the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences is predicting Wanganui will eventually become a volcano.
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Exploring NZ's Undersea Treasures
Modern-day explorers use high-tech equipment to explore earth's last great frontier - the ocean floor. Join GNS Science's Cornel de Ronde in this fascinating Australian TV documentary as he explains the discovery of huge submarine volcanoes, weird marine creatures, and large mineral deposits on New Zealand's seafloor.
