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🌋 New study from 'Bulletin of Volcanology': ~50 km dyke intrusions, 300+ M4+ quakes and major ground deformation caused infrastructure damage, underscoring Ethiopia’s seismic–volcanic risk. Highlights the need for stronger monitoring, early-warning systems. @iavcei.bsky.social bit.ly/4roTvYu

Following the #HayliGubbi eruption, our paper on the Erta Ale dike of Jun-Jul is finally out. InSAR, optical data and seismicity showed the temporal evolution of the intrusion and the interaction of magmatic sources, including a sill inflation in Hayli Gubbi. @earth-science.bsky.social #geoscience

Our preliminary analysis of the satellite observations of the #hayligubbi #eruption is now available online: comet.nerc.ac.uk/event-respon.... Details of the eruption onset, SO2 emissions and precursory deformation.

The #HayliGubbi eruption came after a period of unrest that started in June-July 2025 with a large dike intrusion in the southern sector of the Erta Ale rift. Our InSAR study will be out soon but you can have a summary at the link below. @earth-science.bsky.social #geoscience

Hayli Gubbi - some of my photos from the Hayli Gubbi tephra sampling expedition on 24 Nov 2025 from around 10 km north of Hayli Gubbi @sorcerinsar.bsky.social @alarosa.bsky.social @wattsvolcanology.bsky.social @volckaren.bsky.social @sorcerinsar.bsky.social @alarosa.bsky.social

Activity at Hayli Gubbi began in July when there was an eruption at Erte Ale. Magma propagated 30 km south passing under Hayli Gubbi. Since then, there has been a small plume, quasi-continuous SO2 emissions and uplift. Details in @uk-comet.bsky.social event response report: tinyurl.com/y3nfdfj8

The #HayliGubbi #eruption in Afar, Ethiopia, is the first documented eruption at this poorly known volcano. Was it entirely unexpected? Difficult to say - Berhe Goitom and colleagues already reported some seismicity in 2011-2012 so perhaps there was already some geophysical unrest for a while:

Here's the GVP page of Hayli Gubbi in Ethiopia: volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?.... Plume from the eruption can be seen in this Aqua/MODIS image cross the Red Sea to the Arabian Peninsula. #eruption #volcano

Afar volcanism is known for its dyke intrusions and lava lake at Erta Ale, but here is an example of what looks like a pretty sizeable explosive eruption at a previously barely studied volcano, Hayli Gubbi 🌋🌋

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...

In academia, excellence appears to come with a price tag. Stresses often normalise certain behaviours such as workaholism. In this week's blog, Katherine Villavicencio writes about the effects of workaholism in academic life, and suggests us: forget the price tag! blogs.egu.eu/divisions/gd...

If you are interested in the Fentale diking episode then have a read of Prof. Elias Lewi's new paper in Bull. Volc. link.springer.com/article/10.1... @alarosa.bsky.social @sorcerinsar.bsky.social

Aloha folks! I am on the IAVCEI advisory board and welcome comments you’d like me to anonymously pass along to the executive committee about your #IAVCEI2025 experience (both positive and negative). Having concrete feedback is one of the best ways to ensure each experience is better than the last.

@iavcei.bsky.social made a spreadsheet of tomorrows talks #iavcei2025 - docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Happy #WorldHumanistDay! Here's one our favourite little definitions of humanism by our Vice President @profaliceroberts.bsky.social

On Italy’s Republic Day, Etna isn’t holding back 🌋🇮🇹 Activity started with mild Strombolian explosions that quickly intensified. A small lava flow made its way down the Valle del Bove. A particularly remarkable event just occurred: part of the Southeast Crater collapsed, triggering a PDC

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Rest in peace Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

#MSH45 | May 19 | AM Dawn breaks over the smoldering volcano, a hulk of its former self. Yesterday morning, a 9,677-foot peak known as the "Fuji of America"—graceful, snowcapped, symmetrical. Today, a shattered crater and seared wasteland for miles north, west, and east.

No Paris-Roubaix without a geology story! Marjolein Naudé explains in this clip how the Hell of the North froze over and made the muddy, dusty mess we all love so much! And read more in our blog: www.geo-sports.org/2024/geology... youtu.be/R00JSTLw-f0?...

Interested in #volcano #geology? Check out our chapter on Volcano Stratigraphy and Mapping for the upcoming 3rd edition of the Encyclopedia of Volcanoes! 🌋🌋🌋 eartharxiv.org/repository/v... 👇🏽

eruption at south end of Sundhnukar now ! #volcanism #icealnd #geosciences from www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjKk...

"We are in grave, grave danger of forgetting"

On this International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, we plug our “Debiasing Committee Composition and Deliberative Processes”, a 1-pager w/strategies for diversifying perspectives & reducing biases for hiring, promotion, tenure, and funding decisions. sfdora.org/resource/ret...

M6.0 just now in Ethiopia, highest magnitude #earthquake in the swarm up until this point in time. The moment tensor only shows 12% double couple, which commonly means that the earthquake is not caused by rupture on a single flat fault plane (or it could just be poorly determined). 🌋🧪⚒️

🧪⚒️ The seismic swarm in Greece continues - and GPS stations on Santorini show that the island itself is deforming, signaling likely movement of magma deep in the crust. In our latest post, we explore a new detailed seismic catalog and come up with a possible interpretation. Read more:

Satellite imagery from @planet.com shows increased steaming in the summit caldera of Fentale volcano (Ethiopia) in the last week. Emissions appear confined to topographic lows - perhaps a meteorological effect (temperature inversion?). @davidmpyle.bsky.social @volckaren.bsky.social 🧪

This is a very brave and forthright interview by Prof. Atalay Ayele regarding the recent earthquakes in Ethiopia: www.thereporterethiopia.com/43289/

Reports of heightened steam emissions at Dofan volcano, Ethiopia after a notable sequence of earthquakes between Fentale and Dofan, in the Ethiopian rift valley. bbc.com/news/article...