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What makes Ruapehu tick, and boom - Our Changing World

What makes Ruapehu tick, and boom - Our Changing World

Update: 2025-10-20
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It’s been 30 years since a dramatic series of eruptions at Mount Ruapehu. In that time, there have been great advances in monitoring and modelling volcanoes – but we still can’t look inside a volcano to see exactly what’s going on. Claire Concannon heads to Wairakei, near Taupō, to meet researchers working on the next best thing: recreating Ruapehu’s eruptions in the lab.

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What makes Ruapehu tick, and boom - Our Changing World

What makes Ruapehu tick, and boom - Our Changing World