Fellow seismologists, we're going to get a lot of mileage out of the latest @xkcd.com

Science is facing *a lot* of obstacles these days. The final episode of BBC's Science in Action looks at where things are heading, with @michaelemann.bsky.social @naomioreskes.bsky.social & @angierasmussen.bsky.social @drdebhoury.bsky.social : www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w... #science #antiscience

Used to take kids on trips their when during summer camps at home! Fond mineral memories!

Last few tickets remaining for London (Nov 15th) www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/missi... And also Birmingham (9th Nov) www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/missi... Missives: A crisis unravelling in letter 1 hour staged-reading re-imagines and responds to archive records (dramatised by )

A fascinating new piece for @sciam.bsky.social by @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social about Hurricane Melissa being picked up by seismographs. Because the seismic record began long before the satellite era, we may be able to use older seismograms to learn more about past storms. 🧪

All of this. @timharford.ft.com spot on. And he doesn't even mention the tracking and funnelling of our data to #BigTech Our devices work for Big Tech, not us - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT

***ALL-TIME RECORD*** #Melissa is now the Strongest landfall ever on record in the Atlantic (and it seems to be getting stronger!) 892mb, winds 185 mph. (Tied with the FL Keys Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 in wind and pressure) #jamaica 1/

I would like to advertise a PhD project on Magma emplacement and its evolution: aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships... for those who have an interest in petrology, rock microstructure, and fieldwork. Supervising team: Dr William McCarty, Prof Marian Holness, Dr Eduardo Mansur, Dr Gareth Fabbro and me.

Really disappointed to hear about the Loss of Science in Action from the World Service. As Judith says ‘the world needs more accessible conversations about science, not less.

Calling students from 14 - 19! BGS & @bas.ac.uk are offering a 2 week virtual work experience event from 27 to 31 October. We hope this will introduce students to the wonders of Earth sciences & the fascinating & varied careers available. Apply: sites.google.com/view/ctcport...

We’re advertising a PhD studentship for folks with good knowledge of Caribbean culture and society, with background in geography, human geography, humanities or interdisciplinary geosciences as part of our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded ‘volcanic histories’ project

🪐 On this Day of Action to Save #NASA Science, we’re highlighting how space and Earth sciences go hand-in-hand. Scripps Oceanography researchers partner with NASA to study how our planet is changing from sea to space. Here’s an out-of-this-world roundup of some recent projects. 🧵⬇️

Just registered up for @vmsg.bsky.social ‘s Annual meeting at NOC in Southampton 🌋🌋🌋 January 5th-7th 2026 . Check it out! Anyone else coming ? noc-events.co.uk/VMSG-volcani...

Once upon a time, the platform formerly known as Twitter was a vibrant meeting-place where scientists, the public, official orgs and more besides could exchange knowledge. I set out to find out how effective it could be for disseminating geoscience info Skip to the paper ☛ doi.org/10.1038/s432...

Great to see @mikeaclare.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk quoted in this piece in the Guardian today www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se... about the Hunga Volcano eruption and the subsequent telecommunications outage in 2022.

www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/missi... Volcanic crises! Archives! The ‘real story’ between the lines. We’re performing a ‘staged reading’ and exploring two crises on #montserrat - with two wonderful playwrights as part of #beinghumanfestival. Come see us in London and also 1/2

www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/missi... Often, disaster is rooted in the misfiring communication and stalled decision-making when volcanoes 🌋 threaten to erupt. Our staged reading cracks open the closed pages of the archives to find those roots. We are in Birmingham (9th November) and… 1/2

As I was saying…

I strongly second this! 👏🏾 When talking about science communication, I also always stress that *all* forms and forums of communication matter 🔄 Whether it’s a big, factually correct but details-lite TV show or movie…or just chatting to granny or your mates in a pub 🗣️

🎉 Big River Watch starts today! After a summer of challenging weather, it's time to check in on our rivers. 📱Download the Big River Watch app ⏱️Spend just 15 minutes by the river 👀Share what you see in a survey You've got until 25th of September to take part💙 theriverstrust.org/big-river-watch

🎧 Fascinating @throughtimepod.bsky.social on guns in America - history, myth, politics and money. Insightful stuff - as usual - from @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social and @davidolusoga.bsky.social) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

We are advertising for a 3-year "Senior Research Associate in Volcanic Petrology and Stratigraphy". Part of a Leverhulme-funded interdisciplinary research grant "Volcanic Histories", focused on research in the Eastern Caribbean. Closing: October 15th www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

🌋 Excited to share my new essay in Aeon: one of the most underappreciated global risks isn’t an asteroid or supervolcano—it’s the eruptions we don’t see coming:

Took my morning look at Bluesky and for no apparent reason (TM), the opening lyrics to Bohemian rhapsody start playing in my head. For reference Is this the real life, or is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality. (I think!)

Lately, photographer Ragnar Visage started sharing video footage of past Iceland eruptions and I feel like no one sees it. Check out this video and his channel. So mesmerizing! ⚒️🧪 #Geology 🌋 youtu.be/aSOdrS2R3jA?...

"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress

Just added ash, bomb, ballistic, glass and obsidian to the etymologies page. And I discovered that obsidian is actually a miss-spelling - the 'Latin is obsianus (lapis) - dark stone - it seems the d was added in error! 😁

A terrific effort! The origin of words can tell us a lot about why and how we use it! For 🌋 it has crater, igneous 🪨, pyroclastic and of course volcano!

If anyone is interested, the paper from my postdoc I left (coming up to 3 years now?!) got published: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Just FYI I've forgotten everything and so removed from academia now, so please direct any questions to @volcanojenni.bsky.social @davidmpyle.bsky.social

sites.google.com/view/thisisg... Attended the @geolsoc.bsky.social launch of their new campaign, to raise awareness of the wonderful world of geosciences - aimed at 14-18 yr olds and those interested in engaging them. Lots of GREAT stuff here! Clickety-click!

Lets go behind the scenes and watch The Whispers of Rock being printed at Clay's Printers in Suffolk! Released on 4 September, order the book today geni.us/WhispersofRock #naturewriting #geology #geography #nonfiction #newrelease

Provisional statistics from the Met Office show that summer 2025 will ‘almost certainly’ be the warmest summer on record for the UK. It would move 2018 off the top spot and relegate 1976 out of the top five warmest summer in a series which dates back to 1884. 👉 www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

This working week re-start I am very much here for the concept of a ‘Seismic Dance Party Experience’ 😊 #cantwait

My first paper published in volcanica is about to become my most cited! That was in relatively early days of the journal. 80 ish citations in 3 years. Done way better than my two nat comms papers.

A great morning @ueaenv.bsky.social with Marjorie Encalada. She is doing an interdisciplinary thesis on improving application of citizen science to DRR. Writing up this kind of work for a thesis can be REALLY hard! Spent the morning sharing thinking and re-organising. Well done!

Ahead of our next deadline for award nominations on the 15th September (VMSG Award, Willy Aspinall Prize & Zeiss Post-doc Award), we've updated our website with more information on past winners & their projects. We've also added more information on our Student Bursaries: vmsg.org.uk/awards/

All good to go for our Hutton in Edinburgh Fringe show, all I need now is some actors and and audience ... www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...

Iron is an important, and sometimes limiting, nutrient in the ocean. But its impacts aren't limited only to that, in the deep ocean, iron-rich inputs like volcanic ash can have substantial effects on microbial community structure. Probably also in the past. 🧪🌊 Link: journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....

It's about time I announced a project that I've been working on in the last year... I wrote a book! 'Volcanoes: 10 things you should know' published by @orionbooks.bsky.social Seven Dials will be out in September. It's available to pre-order now. Links: linktr.ee/volcanologist

Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker

Reports in Return to Volcano Town indicate that bombing may have been attempted at Tarvuvur too - in this case to see if they could cause an eruption.

This is a neat description of a time when 💣 from ✈️were used to try and stop a lava flow 🌋. TL/DR folk don’t think it had much impact. Thanks for pointing this article out @drewavery.bsky.social !

Motherfucking wind farms…

⚒️ 🧪 A M8.8 earthquake just ruptured the subduction zone offshore Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula. This is one of the world’s truly huge earthquakes, and a triggered tsunami is currently traveling across the Pacific ocean. This same fault ruptured on July 20th in a M7.4, and last August in a M7.1.

Are you a volcanologist or working in an adjacent field? Consider signing up for Niigata University’s 1st international symposium on “Volcanology in Practice”: www.thevolcano.world which will run from 7th–10th of October 2025 in Niigata, Japan, endorsed by @iavcei.bsky.social. #volcano #science ⚒️🌋

An open letter has been launched today (27/7/25) for members of the UK academic community (academics and other university staff) to sign, to press the UK Home Office to facilitate safe passage out of Gaza for 40+ students with offers for UK universities. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle.... Here is a cheerful thing . An act of ‘citizen geography’ makes UK walking routes more accessible