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. Pumice is the light and porous rock found on beaches.

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 it ...

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 ...

An eruption in 2019 near Fiji resulted in a huge raft of pumice covering the ocean surface, which was also washed ashore. "It actually clogged a lot of the inlets and bays in Fiji so people can't ...

Scientists find out where that giant pumice raft came from Daniel MartinsDigital Journalist Published on Dec. 10, 2019, 4:17 PM ...

The 2001 eruption also led to the formation of a pumice raft, but there was no detailed research on it or its size. Unlike other rock, pumice is extremely porous, meaning it floats.

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 ...