‘I wanted to investigate whether the magic islands could actually be organics floating on the surface, like pumice that can float on water here on Earth before finally sinking,’ said Dr Yu.

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) said Nov. 16 that its latest computer simulation indicated that the floating ... much pumice could approach the Izu island ...

The stretch of golf-ball-size pumice rocks was first spotted this week by a New Zealand air force plane about 1,000 kilometres northwest of Auckland. The rocks stretch for about 26,000 square ...

An eruption of a submarine volcano called Funka Asane in the Ogasawara island chain was detected on March 27, prompting a warning for ash and rocks as well as floating pumice to be issued.