I want to clear up two misconceptions you may have gotten from last week’s column about the Dec. 9 eruption in New Zealand. First, that this volcano only produces small steam/gas explosions (phreatic) ...

Mount Tarawera, New Zealand. An eruption 700 years ago created these lava domes, and brought to the surface zircon crystals that reveal the history of changes in the magma chamber below. Understanding ...

Over the last 5000 years, Mount Taranaki volcano, located in the westernmost part of New Zealand's North Island, produced at least 16 Plinian-scale explosive eruptions, the latest at AD 1655. These ...

(CN) – Crystals from the inside of a volcano are helping researchers gain insight into magma reservoirs that lie below volcanoes, which send signals of impending eruptions up to centuries before they ...