LEARNZ Natural Hazards Taupō Supervolcano Podcast 1 of 3

The following questions from schools are answered by volcanologists and an iwi-based researcher: 1. How is a supervolcano formed? 2. What causes a supervolcano to erupt and how much damage can that cause? 3. What makes tectonic plates move? 4. How does a pyroclastic flow stop? 5. How can the Taupō supervolcano help us to understand volcanoes better? 6. How do humans live with supervolcanoes? 7. Could humans cause a supervolcano to erupt? Why/why not?