Volcano Waka Laboratory

An ambitious project to measure emissions from all active volcanoes of Melanesia.

[Volcano Waka Laboratory @lab_waka]

🌋 Hydrothermal Science in Action! Recently, we hosted a volcanology workshop bringing together 20+ experts from 8+ organisations to discuss the future of hydrothermal monitoring at Waimangu and Rotomahana.
#Volcanology #HydrothermalMonitoring #Waimangu #Rotomahana

[Volcano Waka Laboratory @lab_waka]

Aboard Te Karere, sailing through Vanuatu’s crystal-clear waters! 🌊⛵✨ Exploring, innovating, and making waves with the WakaLab team—stay tuned for the upcoming adventures! #wakalab #vanuatu #oceanadventures #boatlife #tetoki #waka

[Volcano Waka Laboratory @lab_waka]

Thrilled to share our master's student Jaime's project! 🎉 Jaime's developing a gas sampling system for the Boxfish ROV with remote-controlled valves and Arduino-powered PCB. Integration with the Boxfish is next! 🚀 #ROV #Tech #MarineScience #Arduino #Boxfish

[Volcano Waka Laboratory @lab_waka]

#TBT: Fortunately, volcanoes have a tendency to be in - and create - some of the most stunning and dynamic landscapes on Earth. 🌋✨ #throwbackthursday #nature #volcanoes #earth #scenicviews #vanuatu

[Volcano Waka Laboratory @lab_waka]

Fly My Pretties… The WakaLab drones need to be nimble, powerful, precise, and… CHEAP! We routinely fly them into the nastiest of volcanic plumes! Sometimes, they even make it back out again!

#wellington_uni #royalsocietynz #geology #volcano #Vanuatu #vuw_geolsoc #Okeanos

[Volcano Waka Laboratory @lab_waka]

The heart of the Earth, beating before our eyes.

#wellington_uni #royalsocietynz #geology #volcano #vanuatu #vuw_geolsoc #okeanos #lights

[Volcano Waka Laboratory @lab_waka]

Beautiful lava becomes beautiful rocks! The rocks produced during volcanic eruptions carry textural and geochemical evidence for past eruptions and clues to what is happening beneath our feet.

#geology #geologyrocks #volcano #vanuatu

[Volcano Waka Laboratory @lab_waka]

The ingredients of a great team - people who know how to get down to business, and also how to have fun!

#wellington_uni #royalsocietynz #geology #volcano #vanuatu #vuw_geolsoc #okeanos #drone

[Volcano Waka Laboratory @lab_waka]

Diving into Innovation: Your burning questions answered in our Boxfish Robotics Q&A!

Video footage provided by Boxfish Robotics.

#teherengawaka #wellington_uni #geology #vuwgeology #royalsocietynz #boxfish #robotics #robot #underwaterrov #underwater

[Volcano Waka Laboratory @lab_waka]

Introducing our latest venture into underwater volcano research: The Submarine Division of Wakalab!

[Volcano Waka Laboratory @lab_waka]

Introducing our ROV! Working with technology from Boxfish Robotics, we're putting together a submarine division of Wakalab to explore the underwater world of Aotearoa and the Pacific's submarine Volcanoes.

#teherengawaka #wellington_uni #boxfish #robotics #robot #underwaterrov

[Volcano Waka Laboratory @lab_waka]

Mount Yasur, Tanna Island, Vanuatu. Putting on the most spectacular fireworks display in the Pacific for at least the last 800 years.

#teherengawaka #wellington_uni #geology #vuwgeology #royalsocietynz #volcano #vanuatu #okeanos #tannaisland

[Volcano Waka Laboratory @lab_waka]

See if you can spot the WakaLab team hard at work in these photos. Hint: they should be highly visible.

#wellington_uni #royalsocietynz #geology #volcano #vanuatu #vuw_geolsoc #okeanos #drones

[Volcano Waka Laboratory @lab_waka]

Closer to home, the WakaLab team is using their gear to investigate volcano-atmosphere-hydrosphere interactions at Mt. Ruapehu, in New Zealand’s central North Island.

#teherengawaka #wellington_uni #geology #vuwgeology #royalsocietynz #okeanos

[Volcano Waka Laboratory @lab_waka]

Lava Lava Lava. The greatest show on Earth!

#teherengawaka #wellington_uni #geology #vuwgeology #royalsocietynz #volcano #vanuatu #okeanos #lava

[Volcano Waka Laboratory @lab_waka]

One of the WakaLab goals is to connect with as many local people as possible at each volcano. To share the findings we achieve with our unique instruments, and to learn from local peoples’ invaluable observations of activity at each volcano. #wellington_uni #haosblongvolkeno

[Volcano Waka Laboratory @lab_waka]

Our drones allow us to take samples in places that we couldn’t possibly hope to reach otherwise. Here, a quadcopter is being used to take a sample of gas for the analysis of carbon isotopes in CO2 from Ambrym volcano.
#wellington_uni #teherengawaka #royalsocietynz #drone

[Volcano Waka Laboratory @lab_waka]

Mt Yasur, Tanna Island, Vanuatu is a spectacular example of and open-vent volcano. It has been in a state of continuous eruption for the last 750+ years!

#teherengawaka #wellington_uni #geology #vuwgeology #royalsocietynz #volcano #vanuatu #okeanos

[Volcano Waka Laboratory @lab_waka]

The WakaLab team will be traveling with a suite of instruments to try and measure all the components of the plumes emitted from Vanuatu’s volcanoes - including the major and trace gases, and aerosols.

#WellingtonUni #royalsocietynz #geology #volcano #Vanuatu #Okeanos

[Dr Fabian Wadsworth @WadsworthFabian]

Quite excited to see the Waka Lab @lab_waka taking shape! It’s been years of Ian talking about sailing a Waka around the South Pacific, combining traditional Melanesian sailing expertise⛵️with volcano monitoring to be nimble and flexible as they move through volcanic islands.