Today we announced that the Volcanic Alert Level at Taupō Volcano has been raised to Level 1. GNS Science Volcanology Team Leader Nico Fournier gives us an update on the current volcanic activity at Taupō and explains this change.
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@catparka7698 Жыл бұрын
Thank you - appreciate you taking the time, making the effort, and knowing it matters.
@psalmerperena4120 Жыл бұрын
I know massive eruptions are unlikely and I don't want to scare people but we really need to take them more seriously. People mistake unlikeliness as being impossible.
@glenmcgillivray4707 Жыл бұрын
More likely to wipe us out with no solution. Not enough ships visit us to even extract a million citizens to Australia. But at least minor eruptions are more likely. Although we could try the south island with cargo ships from our major ports just cut breathing holes in containers.
@Foxtrap731 Жыл бұрын
Take them seriously? They are taken seriously. This area would be devastating without massive evacuations, tho.
@brandijoevans8517 Жыл бұрын
@@Foxtrap731 Yes millions have died in the wake of big eruptions because they missed or disregarded the signs
@Foxtrap731 Жыл бұрын
Brandi jo Evan’s, I am not aware of a super volcano erupting during the time of man. Which super-eruption are you referring to?
@LongBoi. Жыл бұрын
@@Foxtrap731 Tambora
@OutThereLearning Жыл бұрын
Great mahi Nico and team!
@Carolevw Жыл бұрын
There has been a lot of big activity earthquake-wise (Indonesia, Taiwan and along the ring of fire in SW Pacific) lately, so this may just be a small indication of the disturbance being felt after quite a reasonable period of quiet.
@RevenantMain1 Жыл бұрын
Had a mag 4.4 earthquake here in Taupo last weekend
@CYCLONE4499 Жыл бұрын
I too have noticed the increase uptick in activity especially around the junction of the eurasian and Philippine sea plate. Definitely something to keep an eye on at least for the near future
@fallenangel_899 Жыл бұрын
Mexico just had an earthquake that's killed a person just recently too
@suehowie152 Жыл бұрын
And Mexico..
@parish5335 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Nico for this update
@LeadingCross Жыл бұрын
Ring of fire increased activity?...can we expect more severe events? Appreciate your info. 👍
@michelebourke4340 Жыл бұрын
considering that taupo is a super volcano, rated 2nd only to toba....n having massively erupted in the past, the last big one around 6-12 thousand years ago, as part of the sun-earth natural heinrich cycles...AND that the lake's temperature monitoring is also a valid watch, you would hope all features are VERY closely scrutinised, considering the earthquake upticks. it's not about being afraid. it's about awareness n preparation if a big change happens.
@tristanpatterson3843 Жыл бұрын
How on earth would you prepare for a big one? Move to Invercargill now?
@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457 Жыл бұрын
It's actually 3rd biggest active supervolcano. First is Toba, then Yellowstone and then Taupo.
@psalmerperena4120 Жыл бұрын
@@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457 It's more complicated than that. There are two Taupo volcanoes. One is the Taupo supervolcano itself. The other is the Taupo Volcanic Zone which is a group of volcanoes and supervolcanoes that the Taupo supervolcano itself is a part of. There are a total of 4 supervolcanoes in the Taupo Volcanic Zone with two that are still active, one dormant and the last one probably going to be extinct. The dormant and the near extinct one each are bigger than Taupo, as big as Yellowstone, but smaller than Toba. Oh and Toba is not even the biggest one even if we don't count extinct volcanoes.
@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457 Жыл бұрын
@@psalmerperena4120 Means was there an eruption at Taupo even bigger than the one 26000 years ago? Yes, some extinct ones are even bigger than Toba. La garita, wah wah springs and flat landing brook formation.
@samuelmason204 Жыл бұрын
In the past 1.55 million years there have been at least 4 super eruptions in New Zealand. At Mangakino 1.21 and 1.01 million years ago, 340,000 years ago at Whakamaru and 26,500 years ago at Taupō.
@_OpFor Жыл бұрын
Is there a risk of tsunami if there is a significant eruption under the water? Like what happened in Tonga?
@xaviersavedra711 Жыл бұрын
I'm sure it'll cause a tsunami within the lake, it would probably also vapourize large portions of the lake.
@loveracing1988 Жыл бұрын
Lake Taupo not ocean Taupo
@_OpFor Жыл бұрын
@@loveracing1988 Tsunamis and freak waves can happen in any body of water as long as there is an explosion/shift big enough
@matthewtetley7048 Жыл бұрын
Another channel I follow said an event happened to move enough water to change the path of the Waikato river
@xaviersavedra711 Жыл бұрын
@@matthewtetley7048 It doesn't surprise me that a tsunami within a lake would temporarily reverse the flow of rivers that would normally drain into the lake.
@artemis1style Жыл бұрын
Are you Dutch?
@dempsterthompson4765 Жыл бұрын
Were there pictures, video with this commentary? I did appreciate what you said. Thank you
@xaviersavedra711 Жыл бұрын
I don't want anyone to die or worldwide famine to occur, but large scale volcanic eruptions are cool to me. Seeing vast pyro flows being belched out of the ground for 10's of miles in all directions would be terrifying, but seeing a glowing cloud at night would be awe inspiring and very scary. Hearing people's first hand accounts of pyroclastic flows are terrifying, but the way they describe pyro flows is fascinating, calling them glowing/burning clouds. Anything the cloud touches is burned/set on fire, it's like a pyro flow is a lava flow on steroids.
@RevenantMain1 Жыл бұрын
If there was any way for filming equipment to capture the true magnitude and destruction of Lake Taupo finally going up, it would look like the planet was struck by a fucken comet
@pitaturei Жыл бұрын
Appreciate your pronunciation. Nga mihi
@rodneyhorrell Жыл бұрын
0:56 30,000 years ago? What is that information based on in regard to a Taupo eruption, please? What about the global flood only 4,500 years ago? Wouldn't that have caused significant eruptions throughout the world including Taupo?
@unchargedpickles6372 Жыл бұрын
My 5 yr old is gonna be so mad the first night I have to answer, "What's for dinner" with "grub worms". Kids nowadays aren't ready for volcanic winter....
@ZacYates Жыл бұрын
Thank you Nico and the GNS Science team. Out of interest: what does GNS stand for?
@ayegee884 Жыл бұрын
Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited
@central5358 Жыл бұрын
Good night , son
@ironclay3939 Жыл бұрын
@@ayegee884 What!? they're playing with nuclear bombs under Taupo - now I get the move to ONE
@ZacYates Жыл бұрын
@@ayegee884 sigh, I thought that might be it - so it's Geological and Nuclear Sciences Sciences!
@allgood6760 Жыл бұрын
When Lake Taupo blew up it was recorded in Roman Chronicles and Chinese records!.....if Taupo is about to go up again then I will be on the next plane to Australia mate! 🇳🇿🌋
@predatornz.5493 Жыл бұрын
Even if only a small eruption look how close Taupo town is to the volcano it is so even a small eruption gonna stuff that town .
@melancholycollie1466 Жыл бұрын
Lol here I am planning on moving there
@STUnknown Жыл бұрын
We are already getting asked why GNS would raise the alert level now, for the first time in history, when there have been much worse unrest episodes in the past- and they didn't raise the alert level then? Not sure what to tell them, honestly. All I can figure is that through lessons learned, and never to second guess a volcano, they are being a bit more cautions, as there are many more people at risk now living close by. A statement from GNS on this would be appreciated.
@STUnknown Жыл бұрын
It could be due to a recent change in the alert level system, as we have discovered. If so, then we can expect Alert Level 1 for Taupo from now on any time activity rises above background levels. Is this correct, GNS?
@tim1843 Жыл бұрын
Best estimates of when the next big eruption will occur?
@davidarundel6187 Жыл бұрын
In my dad's lifetime , and my own , these last 10 years are the first rumblings there that we've known . The eruption of Ngarahoe in the 1960s , was noteable in that all east coast flights went out , and it was either train , bus , or car . Most of the ash from that went over Hawkes Bay & south Gisborne with most fertilizing the pacific - NZ's exclusive economic zone . Reuapehu was more lahars that came down , closing the Whangahu river at times , & the main rail line , sometimes SH1 , gets shut down due to ash fall , so diversion around the western arm , or the long way , around Taranaki , or up East Coast to Gisborne , then across at the Waioweka gorge - unless you want to go right around east cape , to check out white island . As for Taupo erupting in a big way , not for a long while , similar things have been happening around Yellowstone & some of the other American volcanoes .
@WGTNmarineLife Жыл бұрын
6:07pm Monday 17th October 2022. Not long after The Chase has finished and the 6 O’clock news has started. 👍
@jaszi33 Жыл бұрын
@@WGTNmarineLife phew! At least people won't miss the chase 😉🤣
@slooob23 Жыл бұрын
@@jaszi33 Bradley is such a rascal, missing his cheeky antics and witty rambunctiousness would be most unfortunate
@p.n.gwynne Жыл бұрын
we're doomed..................doomed. 😁
@adelarsen9776 Жыл бұрын
I think this has been caused by a combination of Godzilla and the French Intelligence.
@Seawithinyou Жыл бұрын
Been a lot of 3+ a 4.5mag earthquakes this morning 🧐
@kw4690 Жыл бұрын
Flee for your lives FLEE!!!
@evanoconnell9448 Жыл бұрын
Any early estimates for the next eruption being likely? In 1000 years? 15 thousand years?
@davidboyd8113 Жыл бұрын
That is not true it’s going to be a lot earlier than that
@catparka7698 Жыл бұрын
Next Wednesday around afternoon tea time.
@evanoconnell9448 Жыл бұрын
@@davidboyd8113 got the link to that evidence?
@starktony1067 Жыл бұрын
It's actually over due look up Taupo eruption and simulation there's some info there but regardless no1 knows when, she'll blow when she wants
@davidboyd8113 Жыл бұрын
@@evanoconnell9448 Suspicious observers
@JayKnight-zn9oq Жыл бұрын
this year.
@damageincorporated8558 Жыл бұрын
I heard that the best fish and chips are made on the shores of this lake but they do not contain the local fish which is called Trout, the Taniwpha of this rohe are obviously not happy
@AilsaPehi Жыл бұрын
Oh his Māori pronunciation is perfect. Very sexy. I actually understand the places he refers. Subbed.
@kayrussell7560 Жыл бұрын
Cheers
@assistemptyltd3001 Жыл бұрын
Good video, thank you. Impressed that global warming wasn't mentioned as a contributing cause 😂. Hopefully it doesn't erupt big time. Surely governments haven't prepared for 'a year without summer'...
@darthex0 Жыл бұрын
Read the fine print lol ......
@calaisbeetle5782 Жыл бұрын
Where is Aotearoa ?? I thought Taupo was in NEW ZEALAND
@trozeran Жыл бұрын
aotearoa would be the correct name
@pitaturei Жыл бұрын
Duh
@suehowie152 Жыл бұрын
Sigh..Some people find change difficult..
@michaelgrey7854 Жыл бұрын
@@trozeran Actually not. Talk to Maori in the South Island what name it should be. Do not know why people seem to be so ashamed of the name New Zealand.
@michaelgrey7854 Жыл бұрын
@@suehowie152 some things should not or do not need to change.
@donaldkelly5376 Жыл бұрын
happens many times a year, nothing new
@myboygalaxy91 Жыл бұрын
Yes 700 times in 4 months. Nothing new 😳
@suehowie152 Жыл бұрын
@@myboygalaxy91 Some people think they are so cool..I for one am pleased GNS is on the job ..
@blackcreekorganicfarm296 Жыл бұрын
The melt from the two 8 earthquakes Should be starting to rise soon
@ironclay3939 Жыл бұрын
Why are you worried? You have 300.000 nuclear bombs ready to lift half of New Zealand 50,000 meters in the atmosphere and Mac Donalds hasn't raised prices in Whangarei - Whats the problem ?
@ironclay3939 Жыл бұрын
Good Value so what did he say? We've changed the level to 1 *eeek* because we're come to understand the disaster better and now is more suited to a "one". - ye all understand that didn't you ? this is a "scientist" taking the piss out of you - He's Actually told you how it is in the shortest sentence possible. That's how I know this guys a scientist - believe me when a scientist has something to say the last thing you'll hear is his name - These people are Really Into What They are Doing and conveying that to a bunch of monkeys is an interruption to their day so knowing the monkeys have an attention span of the length of the adverts on TV - he spills the beans in the first line - I'm not a scientist so I'm going to have fun - This is Not the first Line lol This Scientist - The Cool Calm presentation is hiding the next terrifying explanation - "We've been looking" - What could possibly be the Harm in Looking. To the general Public "LOOKING" is the excuse use in a pub between partners snapped trying to hook up with another partner - it's called "Just Looking" Trust me Scientists Don't Just Look - and they don't come out and BLURT OUT "a Frequency that could lead to something More Destructive has begun" or There's a pattern of seismic we are seeing that in the past has led to activity that could be Egg-Sighting To a Scientist there's a Reason they've been looking - For example how many scientists are this much into if news paper are getting thinner - Naff All - Scientists spend their time doing interesting sh1t - not measuring how think paper is crist sake .. lol What he said is, and I'm Quoting from BlackAdder and Baldric's poem from the Trenches "BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM"
@catparka7698 Жыл бұрын
'Shit' is spelt 'S H I T', not 'sh1t'. It's the sort of thing only known to educated laymen with digestive systems.
Who was there 30.000 years ago. Evolution propaganda
@WanderingKakapo Жыл бұрын
all hail the Fly Spaghetti Monster.....
@WGTNmarineLife Жыл бұрын
Scaremongering 🙄
@catparka7698 Жыл бұрын
Someone scared?
@strangemachines_ Жыл бұрын
It’s a real volcano Fred
@tristanpatterson3843 Жыл бұрын
Don't tell me. It doesn't exist? Fake news?
@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457 Жыл бұрын
How is it scaremongering? This guy just states about activities taking place which is indeed happening. He isn't saying it will erupt now and will destroy humanity. You are the type of guy who would had said the same thing during Krakatoa eruption of 1883.
@myboygalaxy91 Жыл бұрын
Do you live in Taupo ? Because I do and I have felt some of these quakes . It's not scaremongering it's real.