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We've now extended the deadline for our Zeiss Post-doctoral Keynote Award, Willy Aspinall Prize and VMSG Award to Friday 4th October! Nominate your peers or yourself at vmsg.org.uk/awards/

In August 2024, I recorded 65 fatal landslides around the world, which claimed 414 lives. The total number of fatal landslides in 2024 continues to exceed any previous year by a significant margin, probably reflecting high global atmospheric temperatures. eos.org/thelandslidebl…

I did a thing , and it was a lot of fun! Volcanologist Answers Volcano Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED youtu.be/qHnMrtk6QTw?si…

MineralogicalSociety is offering monthly Skills & Training events. Starting 2-3pm BST, Thurs 24th Oct with "The Transition into Industry: 10 Key Skills for Early Career Researchers". Register at zoom.us/meeting/regist… Recordings will be posted on the Society website after each event.

Excited to be involved with the Global Volcano Risk Alliance & their aim to increase global preparedness from high-impact eruptions, by better integrating volcanic hazard into risk assessment & management strategies to help prepare stakeholders for future disruption.

Can we predict housing damage and population displacement after earthquakes? Paul et al. benchmark risk models against reported impacts and data-driven estimates in Haiti, Japan, and Nepal: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view/1…

And this is the provisional map of fatal landslides in 2024 to the end of October. The points are coloured by month of the year – the cold colours are the Northern Hemisphere winter, the warm colours are the NH summer. eos.org/thelandslidebl…

This Nature Comment by scientists at the University of Geneva & WTW looks at the climatic & financial implications of large volcanic eruptions like Tambora 1815 in a warming world, & steps that risk managers & policymakers can take to improve resilience: nature.com/articles/d4158…

El Hierro provides an interesting test-bed for how multiple sources of renewable energy can be used together; wind, hydro-electric, & geothermal, to end reliance on fossils fuels. It'd be interesting to see how this can be scaled up by others: theguardian.com/environment/20…

Thanks CNN for summarizing our ice-core detective work of unlocking Earth’s explosive past. A short🧵on the 10 shown eruptions with the latest complete dataset shown at the end. 🌋🇬🇱 #Zavaristski #Tambora #Laki #Mélébingóy #Huaynaputina #Kuwae #Samalas #Eldgjá #Ilopango #Okmok

August's Nankai Trough quake & subsequent 'megaquake advisory' began discussions about what prompted the decision & what it means for long-term regional seismic hazard. Yesterday's nearby Mw6.8 event had no such advisory, despite a brief tsunami warning: japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/1…

Although this episode doesn't appear to be the precursor to an imminent eruption, the use of seismic signals & uplift to monitor magma movement & accumulation is an interesting area of study for potential forecasting applications (explored during my MRes): en.vedur.is/about-imo/news…

NASA's UAVSAR radar has detected parts of the Palos Verdes Peninsula in LA County sliding toward the ocean up to 10cm per week, following heavy rainfall in 2023 & 2024. There's also risk of the LA wildfires increasing landslide susceptibility to the north: nasa.gov/science-resear…

This article provides a brilliant & comprehensive review of the volcanoes dotted around Europe, complete with their various characteristics & the unique hazards scientists & risk managers need to be aware of: gondwanatalks.com/l/grand-tour-o…

With geoscientists keeping a close eye on seismicity around Santorini the past couple of weeks, this work by the BGS using machine learning to enhance detection & short-term forecasting for advising emergency services & at-risk communities is fascinating: bgs.ac.uk/news/artificia…

Incredible footage of sudden ground displacement from the recent Myanmar earthquake. It took me a few watches to understand & believe what I was seeing! youtube.com/watch?app=desk…