Massive pumice raft events like this may be relatively rare, occurring once every ten years or so, but when they do, they can have a devastating effect on everyday lives and livelihoods.

The presence of pink pumice in the giant pumice raft of the 2012 Havre that drifted across the southwest Pacific Ocean has led researchers to recognize the immense power of underwater volcanic ...

THE largest pumice raft seen in the past 50 years has arrived on the northern Great Barrier Reef from an underwater volcanic eruption off NZ.

A volcanic stone raft has finally crashed into Australia’s coast after an underwater volcano created it last year. The pumice stone raft was bigger than Paris when floating in the ocean and i… ...

Trillions of pumice stones are heading to Australia. Here's what that means. The pumice raft, as seen on August 13, 2019. Courtesy: NASA Earth Observatory/Joshua Stevens, using data from the US ...

The giant pumice raft created by an underwater volcanic eruption last August in Tonga has begun arriving on the Australian eastern seaboard, delivering millions of reef-building organisms that ...

The giant pumice raft created by an underwater volcanic eruption last August in Tonga has begun arriving on the Australian eastern seaboard, delivering millions of reef-building organisms that ...

Bubble-filled volcanic rock becomes a life raft for tiny marine organisms, transporting them from one side of the ocean to the other. This can help transport diversity, but can also bring unwanted ...

Scientists have determined where, exactly, a Manhattan-sized raft of floating volcanic rock came from before it appeared on satellite images and was encountered by at least one boat.

The source of an enormous pumice stone spotted floating in the Pacific Ocean has been discovered. The raft, which measures about 52 square miles—twice the size of Manhattan and bigger than Paris ...

THE ORIGIN of a huge raft of volcanic rock that appeared in the Pacific Ocean a few months ago has finally been found. The vast floating collection of lightweight pumice stones has been traced back… ...