3rd Beneath the Waves expedition sets sail to explore understudied hazards of nearshore volcanoes

The RV Tangaroa has set sail with a team of scientists from GNS Science, Victoria University of Wellington and Scripps Institute of Oceanography (USA) to study the multiple hazards posed by Tūhua/Mayor and Whakaari/White islands, including their potential to generate tsunami, ashfall and pyroclastic flows of hot ash and gas.

GNS Science Senior Volcano Geophysicist Craig Miller explains what equipment the crew will deploy to image the magma under these nearshore volcanoes and build a picture of past eruptions going back thousands of years.