The lake bed of one of the world’s most hazardous supervolcanoes – New Zealand’s Lake Taupō – is constantly rising and falling, proving the volcano is still very much active, nearly half a century of data has revealed.
Taupō, a caldera volcano and the site of New Zealand’s largest lake, has been active 25 times in the past 12,000 years. It is responsible for one of the most significant explosive eruptions in recent human history: the AD232 eruption that sent a whopping 120 cubic km of pumice and ash into the atmosphere.
