Indeed! Such a great video!

Comforting to know that Lake Taupo isn't likely to go boom any time soon, although living the other side of the Tasman does reduce the risk somewhat!

@@stevie-ray2020 low probability sure, but they can't ever say that it wouldn't for example blow up next week. Combined with the Alpine fault, Mt Taranaki and the Hikirangi fault, all with a high probability of going within the next 50 years and in fact maybe a lot sooner as each one on its own has a fairly good chance of going within the next 50 years NZ has some serious geological time bomb problems building.

@@tronwars7130 Agree, as from the geological evidence the Alpine Fault is well overdue for a 7-8 magnitude quake!

@@stevie-ray2020 alpines fault ruptures every 300-500 years. Last rupture was just over 300 years ago.

@@thebhoy8561 Those figures don't match with GNS research results, & what's stated on Wikipedia! "Prediction of next earthquake: In 2012, GNS Science researchers published an 8000-year timeline of 24 major earthquakes on the (southern end of the) fault from sediments at Hokuri Creek, near Lake McKerrow in north Fiordland. In earthquake terms, the 850 kilometres (530 mi) long fault is remarkably consistent, rupturing on average every 330 years, at intervals ranging from 140 years to 510 years. In 2017, GNS researchers revised the figures after they combined updated Hokuri site records with a thousand-year record from another site, 20 km away at John O'Groats River, to produce a record of 27 major earthquake events during the 8000-year period. This gave a mean recurrence rate of 291 years, plus or minus 23 years, versus the previously estimated rate of 329 years, plus or minus 26 years. In the new study, the interval between earthquakes ranged from 160 to 350 years, and the probability of an earthquake occurring in the 50 years following 2017 was estimated at 29 percent." (Ref; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_Fault )

Also include nuclear and hydrogen data Bikini Atol for example . Keep up the great work and thank you for the video

I came here to say this. Plate tectonics are more active right now setting off volcanoes around the world, but no one seems to be taking that into consideration regarding Taupo. It's very relevant imo. Not just a regular cycle this time.

Correct. It's definitely going to erupt soon.

I don’t know for sure, but I don’t think so. While there maybe periods of elevated tectonic activity on a regional scale, for example the Taupo volcanic zone, this doesn’t occur on a global scale. The earth is just so big and complicated that what’s occurring on the Calabrian arc for example has no perceptible bearing on what is happening in nz. Note, in terms of regional related tectonic activity, earthquakes provide clearer examples e.g. the Otago fault system appears to only have a few major faults active at once and activity switches back and forth between the active and (formerly) inactive major faults. Another example could be that New Zealand as a whole has been in a period of relatively low seismic activity for the last 30 years which may have ended with the Christchurch and kaikoura earthquakes representing a shift in overall nz strain and (possibly) stress fields.

The scientists also need to take into account just how much the solar changes affect Earth. Earths magnetic field is weakened and the pole movements significant enough for airport runways to be realigned…….

@@michaelofman2840 You are aware that earthquakes occur in waves, like in a pool. same mag, same dist apart. Between two deep eq's you can expect a shallower one at a mag greater. The energy movements can be mapped, they link & are regularly forecast. The sun plays a major part in all of this.

@@nzkirsty6816 You are absolutely correct & i am glad you mentioned this. There is a whole lot of cyclic happenings right now, which will only get worse within the next 10yrs. we are in for a disastrous ride!!

On the reef?

Kia Ora.

It's not very relevant in this video and not everyone can pronounce them properly, esp if it's not their native dialect. Can you pronounce welsh names? Cmon, it's about the volcano, not linguistics or prescriptivism. Sounds like she tried anyway. So yeah, volcano!!

Dude, most maori can barely speak English, let alone become scientists. Just be greatful you have blankets as we go into winter.