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News stories on the Expedition 398: Hellenic Arc Volcanic Field
Expedition Information
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News Releases
- Scientific Drilling Unravels Historical Mystery Surrounding Santorini
- ZDF Studios launch new ground-breaking documentary ‘The Santorini Code’
- Historic Santorini eruption pales in comparison to ancient blowout
- A Volcanic Explosion 520,000 Years Ago Dwarfed One That Devastated the Minoan Civilization
- Discovery of a gigantic underwater eruption of ancestral Santorini (In French; read in English via Google Translate)
- Evidence of one of the largest submarine explosive eruptions ever recorded in the Aegean Sea
- Marine research with JOIDES Resolution in Santorini – The participation of EKPA is decisive (In Greek; read in English via Google Translate)
- The dormant volcanoes of the Aegean (In German; read in English via Google Translate)
Audio and Video
- BBC Science in Action Podcast – Drilling into the past
- Διεθνής ωκεανογραφική αποστολή στη Σαντορίνη
- Αναζητώντας τα μυστικά που κρύβει ο βυθός της Σαντορίνης
Media Inquiries
For media inquiries, please contact:
Timothy Druitt, Co-Chief Scientist,
Steffen Kutterolf, Co-Chief Scientist,
Thomas Ronge, Expedition Project Manager/Staff Scientist,
Carl Brenner, U.S. Science Support Office, (845) 365-8754, or
Laurel Childress, IODP JRSO, (979) 845-0506.
Recent News Stories
- Seafloor sediment reveals previously unknown volcanic eruption 520,000 years ago in south Aegean Sea
- Santorini volcano researchers from around the world present their studies to the public (In Greek; read in English via Google Translate)
- Reassessment of Santorini Eruption Intensity Warns of Higher Risk
- The Greek island of Santorini is hiding an explosive secret (Behind paywall)
- Santorini’s volcanic past: underwater clues reveal giant prehistoric eruption
- Santorini Volcano Ejects 15 Times More Material Than What Hunga-Tonga Unleashed During Eruption
- Underwater Santorini volcano eruption 520,000 years ago was 15 times bigger than record-breaking Tonga eruption
- Submarine Volcano Erupted 520,000 Years Ago and Left a Giant Pumice Deposit Around Santorini
- Underwater Eruption Discovered at Santorini Volcano
- Unveiling the Explosive Secrets of the South Aegean Volcanic Arc: Insights from IODP Expedition 398
- A volcanologist recounts the discovery in the Mediterranean of an eruption more violent than that of Honga Tonga (In French; read in English via Google Translate) (Behind paywall)
- Drilling expedition finds evidence of gigantic volcanic eruption (In German; read in English via Google Translate) (Behind paywall)
- The classic Mediterranean vacation spot that sits over a live volcano
- Cretalive boarded the impressive drillship “JOIDES Resolution” (In Greek; read in English via Google Translate)
- When will the Santorini volcano erupt again? (In Greek; read in English via Google Translate)
- Santorini: Volcanic eruptions at the center of oceanographic research by the drilling rig “JOIDES Resolution” (in Greek; read in English via Google Translate)
- In Santorini, the impressive 143m-long JOIDES Resolution drill ship - What it is studying (in Greek; read in English via Google Translate)
- POLYMENAKO FRIDAY IN “P”: An explosion of the Santorini island is possible (in Greek; read in English via Google Translate)
- “Crete Today”: This is the largest US research vessel (in Greek; read in English via Google Translate)
- The ... secrets of the seabed of Santorini (in Greek; read in English via Google Translate)
- Western geology professor taking part in volcanic expedition
- Kansan offers tours of Aegean Sea research vessel
- Santorini: Marine drilling begins around the volcanoes (in Greek; read in English via Google Translate)
- Secrets from the depths of Santorini (In Greek; read in English via Google Translate)
- Research mission to probe Santorini volcano mysteries
- Santorini: Underwater Observatory and Volcano Drilling In The Area (in Greek; read in English via Google Translate)
- Digging deep to unlock the past and future in Santorini
- International Team to Explore Santorini’s Volcano Secrets
- Santorini Volcano - The secrets of the Minoan eruption are searched at the bottom (in Greek; read in English via Google Translate)
- Underwater drilling in the volcanoes of Santorini under the IODP