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

So apparently it’s International rock day and I’m heading to Montserrat after a long time away! Here is a Montserrat rock to celebrate.

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Here's good reporting from @marisakabas.bsky.social on FEMA's response to the flooding in Texas. What exactly FEMA is and is not doing has been unclear, so this is helpful. www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-respo...

In some sad news for the volcanology community, Wes Hildreth -- a legend -- died in a car accident doing field work in the Long Valley area a few weeks ago: www.marinij.com/2025/06/23/d...

In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

That thing where even though you’ve allegedly been indoors at a conference all week ( looking at you #iavcei2025) you’ve still found time to find a rock, slip it into a pocket, then inadvertently wash it…

Most of the University of Bristol Volcanology Research group finishing up a VERY hot week in Geneva for the #IAVCEI2025 @iavcei.bsky.social conference - the biggest gathering of volcanologists in the world every few years! Well done team! 👏🏼 🌋

Are they being 🌋 or trying to spell "Bristol"... who knows... either way, a fantastic week of science from our current Masters students all the way to our Head of School! @volcanojenni.bsky.social @alisonrust.bsky.social @pyroclasticpete.bsky.social @julietbiggs.bsky.social @ednadualeh.bsky.social

So long #iavcei25 - thanks for all the inspiration, the conversations, scenery and the volcanic 🌋🌋 heat! ❤️☄️♨️♨️

We are looking for a new researcher @UoBEarthSciences ! (36 months funded) if you like 🌋, are good at analysing. 🪨 and enjoy working in large collaborations. Then come and join us! This post is an important part of a new UK NERC funded Large Grant.. www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Evening stroll in Norfolk. Word.

UK ocean scientists, even if you haven't paid any attention to the FMRI project (which affects ALL of us), please listen to the 4th FMRI podcast - by far the most interesting. Questions from the community took us into some really challenging & novel stuff. Do listen! fmri.ac.uk/podcasts

During and after (23rd of June - 28th of September 2025) the @iavcei.bsky.social scientific assembly in #Geneva, ‘Le feu de la Terre, une aventure humaine’ will be open to celebrate the scientists that contributed to the study of volcanoes: www.unige.ch/cite/eveneme...

Hey folks, two more subscribers to the Eruptions Newsletter and I hit 100. Will it be you? eruptions.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Interested in crystal mushes? New review paper just out: rdcu.be/eo9pC Great to be part of the team!

🚨 HIRING! We're looking for a passionate Marine Scientist to join our team. 🌊 This is the perfect role for someone in the early stages of their career who wants to use their science to protect UK seas. 📍 Cornwall/London 📷: 5 mins walk from our Newquay office 😄 workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

As UK universities struggle with finance, and are changing fast, with a government with little help to offer, I wonder, would it not save everyone a lot of time and money 💰, if we just cancelled REF2029 ??? Or am I missing something?

A researcher calculates that, without increased production, AI will consume up to 82 terrawatt-hours of electricity this year—around the same as the annual electricity consumption of Switzerland.

Delighted to share some personal news!