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Shane Cronin is professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Auckland.

Why scientists should welcome charges against GNS over Whakaari

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But this must not be about blame, writes Shane Cronin The decision by WorkSafe, a government agency focused on workplace safety, to bring criminal charges against 13 parties in relation to last December’s eruption of Whakaari/White Island heralds a new chapter for volcano scientists in New Zealand. On December 9 2019, 22 people died and … Read more

Whakaari/White Island: The science of the eruption, and why there was no warning

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We don’t normally see these eruptions coming, no matter how much we would like to. Many systems are already ‘primed’ for such events, but the triggers are poorly understood, writes Shane Cronin of the University of Auckland. As of Monday night five people have been confirmed dead, 18 had been rescued and injured, some seriously, … Read more