A huge raft of volcanic rock has been spotted floating in the South Pacific Ocean, and it’s due to reach Australian waters in a matter of months. Strange as it sounds, this is good news – scientists ...

Back in August, an enormous floating mass of pumice was spotted in the South Pacific Ocean off the coast of New Zealand. New evidence of changes on the seafloor confirms an erupting undersea volcano ...

A HUGE floating mass of pumice rocks has been discovered by sailors as they made their way to Fiji. The pumice raft the size of Paris completely took over the water surrounding their boat and could be ...

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 back to ...

In early August, sailors in the southwest Pacific Ocean began to see their environment transmogrify. As far as the eye could see, the ocean turned from an azure delight into a colossal gathering of ...

Last week, a Royal New Zealand Air Force flight spotted a new pumice raft in the middle of the Pacific ocean to the west of Tonga. Pumice rafts are floating islands of pumice created during a ...

The source of an enormous floating mass of pumice spotted this week in the South Pacific Ocean off the coast of New Zealand has been discovered: NASA satellite images and other sleuthing science have ...

Last year, a group of Australian researchers "undiscovered" an island the size of Manhattan in the South Pacific. A mysterious place called Sandy Island had popped up on maps, northwest of New ...

This is where the journey began for the pumice. Now, pumice is unique amongst rocks as it can float in water due to the presence of abundant and isolated bubbles in the volcanic material, thus ...

The source of an enormous pumice stone spotted floating in the Pacific Ocean has been discovered. The raft, which measures about 52 square miles—twice the size of Manhattan and bigger than Paris—was ...

A massive raft made of pumice stones is floating toward Australia, carrying marine organisms that scientists say could help replenish Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Some of the stones are as large as ...