Rivers of lava could flow for kilometres through Auckland if an eruption occurred within the large and young volcanic field beneath the city. New Zealand scientists recently visited the Spanish ...

La Palma has a volcanic field similar to that in New Zealand's largest city and it is also close to populated areas. In 2021 ...

Scientists have visited Spain's Canary Islands to better prepare Auckland for a volcanic eruption. An 85-day eruption in La Palma in 2021 saw 160-million cubic metres of lava bury hundreds of homes.

A volcanic eruption in Auckland will likely result in slow moving rivers of lava flowing through the city, so New Zealand scientists are looking to La Palma for lessons from its 2021 eruption.

The stretch of golf-ball-size pumice rocks was first spotted this week by a New Zealand air force plane about 1,000 kilometres northwest of Auckland. The rocks stretch for about 26,000 square ...

While its 53 volcanoes are considered unlikely to erupt again, the Auckland Volcanic Field is geologically young, potentially active, and could unleash fast-moving surges of gas, widespread ...