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The USGS has announced that Kilauea volcano is ejecting fountains of lava in a manner not seen since the Pu'u'ō'ō eruption in ...
To say New Zealand is a volatile environment seems to be stating the obvious - but is there anywhere you can live without being at risk of a flood, cyclone, earthquake, tsunami or volcano?
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Notable existing supervolcanoes include Yellowstone in the United States, Toba in Indonesia, and the Taupo Volcanic Zone in New Zealand. What makes these formations particularly consequential is not ...
Eruptive activity at Kīlauea’s summit began again Dec. 23, 2024, with the first in what has become 20 discrete lava fountaining episodes. Many episodes have had dual fountains — two erupting at the ...
The experiment was done using greywacke, a major reservoir rock type found in the Taupo Volcanic Zone. The control experiment showed that moderate silica scaling occurs with standard geothermal brine, ...
Medium-temperature (MT) 100°C - 190°C, and high-temperature (HT) 190°C - 374°C resources are mostly at plate boundaries, with volcanic intrusive heat source, used mostly for electricity generation.
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The Ngawha geothermal field is the only high-temperature geothermal field in New Zealand located outside the Taupo Volcanic Zone. The geothermal power station in Ngawha has been operating since 1998 ...
If the Wallabies are ever to win the Bledisloe Cup again, then a resurgence of a supervolcano in the Taupo Volcanic Zone might do the job. New Zealand will be all black. Every slight variation in ...