The Volcanic Eruption Adventure

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.3 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Would you fly to the top of a volcano that’s about to erupt at any moment? Volcanologist Helena Buurman did, and survived to tell the tale! In 2008, Helena was monitoring Mount Redoubt in Alaska, when the ground beneath the volcano began to shake. What follows is a tale of volcanic adventure, involving earthquakes, helicopters, and a massive eruption! Tumble is on our summer break right now, working on some exciting new projects. Stay tuned to hear them in our feed! We invite you to invent your own volcano! Find resources to learn more about volcano warning signs and eruptions, on our website at www.sciencepodcastforkids.com We have more from our interview with Helena Buurman for our Patrons who pledge just $1/month or more. To listen, pledge today at patreon.com/tumblepodcast.

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody. As you may have already noticed, summer has started. I don't know, you know, like it's all warm and stuff and you don't have to go to school. Those are some pretty strong clues that it's summertime.
0:14.0	Anyway, Lindsay and I are on vacation starting this week, and all summer long we're going to be doing some different things than we usually do, so stay tuned for some interesting stuff out on our feed, starting on our next release,
0:25.1	which will be July 11th. In the meantime, we've got this great, older episode of ours that we all
0:31.5	really love called the Volcanic Eruption Adventure, which is all about a scientist who flies
0:36.7	into volcanoes, just in case you
0:38.8	thought scientists were just boring nerds sitting behind a desk all day.
0:42.9	Anyway, I learned a lot from this episode, and I hope you all will too.
0:47.2	So without any further ado, here is the volcanic eruption adventure.
0:57.5	Hi. Here is the volcanic eruption adventure. Hi, I'm Lindsay.
0:59.5	And I'm Marshall.
1:00.4	Welcome to Tumble, the show where we explore stories of science discovery.
1:04.3	Today we're going on an adventure to the top of a volcano that's about to erupt.
1:10.0	Really?
1:14.3	That sounds, I don't know, dangerous. Don't worry, it's safe. We're following a scientist who studied the warning signs of volcanic eruptions
1:20.5	on one of Alaska's biggest volcanoes. Well, in that case, buckle up and look out for some lava. Tumble is brought to
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