Thank you - appreciate you taking the time, making the effort, and knowing it matters.

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.

Great mahi Nico and team!

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.

Thank you Nico for this update

Ring of fire increased activity?...can we expect more severe events? Appreciate your info. 👍

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.

Is there a risk of tsunami if there is a significant eruption under the water? Like what happened in Tonga?

Are you Dutch?

Were there pictures, video with this commentary? I did appreciate what you said. Thank you

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.

Appreciate your pronunciation. Nga mihi

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?

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....

Thank you Nico and the GNS Science team. Out of interest: what does GNS stand for?

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! 🇳🇿🌋

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 .

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.

Best estimates of when the next big eruption will occur?

we're doomed..................doomed. 😁

I think this has been caused by a combination of Godzilla and the French Intelligence.

Been a lot of 3+ a 4.5mag earthquakes this morning 🧐

Flee for your lives FLEE!!!

Any early estimates for the next eruption being likely? In 1000 years? 15 thousand years?

this year.

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

Oh his Māori pronunciation is perfect. Very sexy. I actually understand the places he refers. Subbed.

Cheers

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'...

Read the fine print lol ......

Where is Aotearoa ?? I thought Taupo was in NEW ZEALAND

happens many times a year, nothing new

The melt from the two 8 earthquakes Should be starting to rise soon

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 ?

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"

Who was there 30.000 years ago. Evolution propaganda

Scaremongering 🙄