The Kingdom of Tonga doesn’t often attract global attention, but a violent eruption of an underwater volcano on January 15 has spread shock waves, quite literally, around half the world.
The ‘Eye of Sauron’ has been discovered 280 kilometres southeast of Christmas Island.
A new collection of stamps tell the story of Australia’s volcanic past.
Secrets of Earth’s geological past lie within a chain of ancient volcanoes called the Cosgrove hotspot track that stretches from Cape Hillsborough in Queensland south to the Victorian coast.
Eight people have been confirmed dead, dozens remain in hospital with injuries and nine are still missing after sudden volcanic eruptions on Whakaari/White Island off the east coast of New Zealand.
The newly discovered volcanoes date back 180 and 160 million years, making them older than those discovered along the Cosgrove hotspot track in 2015.
Here, the experts weigh in on whether it’s likely that the volcanoes in Victoria could ever erupt like those in Hawaii did last month.
There are hundreds of dormant volcanoes and other geological features smattered across Victoria’s Western District, through to the border of South Australia. Read the full story by Jeremy Bourke HERE.
If one of the volcanoes were to erupt west Antarctica’s ice sheets would be further destabilised while the increase in melted ice would cause sea-levels to rise, scientists say.
There are hundreds of dormant volcanoes and other geological features smattered across Victoria’s Western District.