News
2023
University of Canterbury News "UC research inspires eruption of fun for Kiwi kids" (10 Aug 2023)
Rotorua Daily Post Taupo super-volcano’s year-long episode leaves questions for scientists (4 June 2023)
Radio NZ, Saturday Morning with Kim Hill "Supervolcano unrest under Lake Taupo" (27 May 2023)
NZ Herald "What scientists just discovered about Taupō's latest ‘super-eruption’" (22 May 2023)
Stuff "Unrest at Taupō: Supervolcano rumbles on after 4.4 quake" (7 Mar 2023)
Stuff "VolcanoFest brings explosion of volcano learning and fun to Rotorua" (4 Feb 2023)
Stuff "Rumbles at unsettled Taupō supervolcano may drag on into 20203, scientist says" (31 Jan 2023)
2022
Stuff "Taupō supervolcano scientists want to know what you think of the risks" (24 Nov 2022)
AGU, Third Pod from the Sun "A podcast of fire and ice" (28 Oct 2022)
Radio NZ, Nine-to-Noon "Lake Taupō Volcano rumbles" (21 Sept 2022)
Radio NZ, Nine-to-Noon "What’s going on underneath Lake Taupo and should we be worried? (8 Aug 2022)
NewsHub Late Show "Study: Bed of lake Taupo rising and falling due to magma below (28 July 2022)
NZ Herald "Hundreds of quakes under lake Taupō since May" (27 July 2022)
The Guardian "New Zealand's Lake Taupō supervolcano still very active, study finds" (13 July 2022)
TV3 NewsHub AM Show "Bed of Lake Tapuō rising and falling as magma moves around in active volcano below - study" (12 July 2022)
Science Alert "A supervolcano in New Zealand in rumbling so much it's shifting the ground above it" (12 July 2022)
NZ Herald "Ground above hidden Taupō supervolcano rising, sinking - study" (12 July 2022)
NewsTalk ZB "Volcanic unrest: More than 80 earthquakes recorded under Lake Taupo in three weeks" (21 May 2022)
Science News "Volcanic avalanches of rock and gas may be more destructive than previously thought" (19 Jan 2022)
2021
Phys Org "Lethal pulsing inside pyroclastic surges" (16 Dec 2021)
University of Canterbury News "University of Canterbury edX course a volcanic winner" (15 Dec 2021)
NZ Herald "Can slow-slip earthquakes cause New Zealand's volcanic eruptions?" (28 Nov 2021)
NZ Herald "Our biggest blows: How did prehistoric 'super-eruptions' transform NZ? "(14 Nov 2021)
Caldera Chronicles (USGS) “Yellowstone’s sibling in the southern hemisphere: Taupō, New Zealand” (19 July 2021)
Think Big "Rumbling: New Zealand supervolcano needs to be monitored" (28 June 2021)
NewstalkZB "Quake swarm reveals NZ's hidden magma reservoir" (22 June 2021)
Earth Sky "Taupo supervolcano needs monitoring, scientists say" (22 June 2021)
Otago Daily Times "Quake swarm reveals NZ's hidden magma reservoir (22 June 2021)
Stuff "Lake Taupō sits on massive pocket of 'magma mush', scientists say" (22 June 2021)
New Zealand Herald "Quake swarm reveals supervolcano's hidden magma chamber" (22 June 2021)
Victoria University News "Professor of geophysics wins Marsden Medal for lifetime of outstanding service to science " (28 Apr 2021)
2020
Geoscience Society of New Zealand "2020 McKay Hammer Award winner: Susan Ellis" (25 Nov 2020)
U.S. Geological Survey, Caldera Chronicles “How long does a big Yellowstone explosive eruption last?” (9 Nov 2020 )
New Zealand Herald "Scientists reveal hundreds of ancient New Zealand volcanic eruptions" (12 July 2020)
New Zealand Herald "Taupō 'supervolcano' just had its shakiest year in decades" (28 June 2020)
GNS Media Release "Chance discovery finds ‘Goldilocks conditions’ needed for quakes to trigger a volcanic eruption" (4 April 2020)
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment "Mantle Control on Silicic Volcanism" (18 Mar 2020)
EOS, Science News by AGU "Implications of a Supervolcano’s Seismicity" (5 Mar 2020)
New Zealand Herald "When will Taupo's next 'super-eruption' happen?" (2 Mar 2020)
2019
Victorious Magazine "Uncovering Taupō's seismic secrets" (13 Nov 2019)
Stuff "Taupō 'super eruption' would bury most of the North Island in 1m of ash" (22 June 2019)
New Zealand Herald "Raining black: How much ash would a Taupō eruption spread?" (7 June 2019)
Physics Today article "Flows of volcanic rock and gas ride a carpet of air (1 June 2019)
Prime TV ‘Beneath New Zealand 2'. A 5 minute documentation of ECLIPSE research on large-scale PDC experiments (June 2019)
US News and World report "Preparing for the Next 'Supervolcano' Eruption" (14 April 2019)
National Geographic, Science & Innovation article "Volcanic ‘avalanches’ glide on air, boosting their deadly speed" (8 April 2019)
Scientific American article "Deadly volcanic flows glide on their own cushion of air" (8 April 2019)
Science News Magazine article "How deadly, fast-moving flows of volcanic rock and gas cheat friction" (8 April, 2019)
Noted "The worst natural disaster risks facing New Zealand" (15 Jan 2019)
2018
Royal Society of New Zealand full length Rutherford lecture "The Life and Times of Supervolcanoes" (10 Oct 2018)
Royal Society news release for Rutherford lecture video "The Life and Times of Supervolcanoes" (10 Oct 2018)
NewsHub "Are you safe from the Taupō supervolcano? Could depend on the weather" (17 Aug 2018)
Stuff "Wind will determine fate of North Island cities in massive Central Plateau eruption" (16 Aug 2018)
Taupō Times "Supervolcano lessons a hit for Hilltop kids" (15 August 2018)
Radio New Zealand interview 'Why Supervolcanoes are so Fascinating" (5 Aug 2018)
Maori TV "Iwi researchers, scientists study natural disasters" (30 July 2018)
Royal Society of New Zealand "It’s a Supertour" (25 July 2018)
New Zealand Herald "Our next big eruption: can we predict it?" (5 June 2018)
New Zealand Herald "Taupo supervolcano eruption study: just how much time will we get?" (2 May 2018)
2017
Stuff "National Portrait: Colin Wilson, the cunning coward volcanologist" (14 Oct 2017)
Radio New Zealand "Getting Ready for a Supervolcano Eruption" Allison Ballance interview for Our Changing World (12 Oct 2017)
Victoria University of Wellington "Victoria supervolcano expert wins top science award" (11 Oct 2017)
Victoria University of Wellington "Rutherford Medal winner Professor Colin Wilson on supervolcanoes" (11 Oct 2017)
Royal Society of New Zealand 2017 Rutherford Medal announcement "2017 Rutherford Medal: Understanding supervolcanoes – from slumber to explosive eruption" (10 Oct 2017)
New Zealand Herald "NZ-led super-eruption study' asking when, where and how next big one will be" (14 Sept 2017)
Radio New Zealand "Supervolcano Sleuth" (20 min interview with Prof Colin Wilson (14 Sept 2017)