Scientists should welcome charges against agency over Whakaari/White Island — if it helps improve early warning systems
- Written by Shane Cronin, Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Auckland
New Zealand Defence Force, CC BY-NDThe decision by WorkSafe, a government agency focused on workplace safety, to bring criminal charges against 13 parties in relation to last December’s eruption of Whakaari/White Island heralds a new chapter for volcano scientists in New Zealand.
On December 9 2019, 22 people died and 25 suffered injuries...





