An astronaut onboard the International Space Station (ISS) took a photo of Mount Ruapehu in New Zealand, as reported by SciTechDaily. The photo offers a straight-down view of the mountain. WANGANUI, ...

Steam gushes from the blackened slopes of Mount Tongariro at Rangipo in Tongariro National Park in August 2012. Mount Tongariro volcano erupted again on Wednesday, sending a column of ash high into ...

May 2 (UPI) --The temperature at New Zealand's crater lake Te Wai a-moe has risen about 35 degrees Fahrenheit over the past three days, highlighting continued unrest on Mount Ruapehu and concerning ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Just before a surprise eruption of New Zealand's Ruapehu volcano in 2007, seismic tremor near its crater became tightly correlated with twice-monthly changes in ...

Abstract: Glaciovolcanic deposits at Tongariro and Ruapehu volcanoes, New Zealand, represent diverse styles of interaction between wet-based glaciers and andesitic lava. There are ice-confined lavas, ...

SKI lodges were evacuated, highways briefly shut down and one man badly injured when a volcano in New Zealand erupted unexpectedly, spewing ash and rocks into the air. The eruption at Mount Ruapehu, ...

Ruapehu eruption remembered 30 years on (3 min 50 sec) Thirty years ago on Tuesday, Mount Ruapehu exploded in spectacular fashion, triggering headlines overseas and a somewhat haphazard emergency ...

A recent study shows a likely correlation between volcanic seismicity and lunar cycles before an upcoming eruption. “We were interested in investigating whether we could use the response of volcanic ...

(Reuters) - At least five people were killed, up to 20 injured and several were reported missing after a volcano suddenly erupted off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island on Monday, spewing a ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A mix of mud, acidic water and rocks tore down the slope of a volcano in New Zealand on Sunday, bursting through a 23-foot wall of volcanic ash and sand built up in an ...