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Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have carried out an unprecedentedly detailed survey of pumice rafts in the aftermath of the 2021 Fukutoku-Oka-no-Ba volcanic ...

Coastal areas surrounding Tokyo are expecting the arrival of a mass of floating pumice stone created by a huge underwater volcanic eruption in August, with the material already having blanketed dozens ...

Coastal areas surrounding Tokyo are expecting the arrival of a mass of floating pumice stone created by a huge underwater volcanic eruption in August, with the material already having blanketed dozens ...

Gray drifts of floating pumice are seen at the fishing port of Hentona in Kunigami, Okinawa Prefecture, on Wednesday morning. (Japan News-Yomiuri photo).

TOKYO — A large amount of pumice, apparently from the eruption of an undersea volcano, has washed ashore on the main island of Okinawa Prefecture and other places, affecting the ...

Pieces of a giant pumice 'island' once twice the size of Manhattan have started washing ashore in Australia. They originated in an underwater volcano that erupted near Tonga, nearly 2,000 miles away.

The floating mass of pumice rocks was discovered by sailors as they made their way to Fiji and filmed it taking over the ocean. It's thought to be the result of a deep-sea underwater volcanic ...

Pumice from 2019 Tonga eruption bringing a boost of life to the Great Barrier Reef. Credit: QUT Professor Bryan published world-first research in 2004 of a previous eruption from the same volcano.

The thousands of tiny holes in the pumice that formed when the hot lava cooled not only enable the rock to float, but also make the perfect home for microscopic animals and plants.

Pumice stone is a highly porous, lightweight volcanic rock, which is why it was able to float to the surface of the ocean. An underwater volcano off the coast of Tonga is thought to have erupted ...