Looking forward to seeing many of you at #EGU25 this year. Keep an eye out for some presentations from our Cambridge Complex and Multihazard group (www.comhaz.com):

Bad news for Heard Island as the US imposes a 10% tariff on its main export - windborne glaciovolcanic tephra. This is viewed as a boost for local Alaskan and Cascadia sources. Particularly serious implications for very fine grain sizes as the crypto(tephra) market is volatile at the best of times.

Very sad to see the damage from the earthquake in Myanmar. My thoughts are with all affected by this disaster. Understanding where and how much the fault slipped can help with damage assessments, so we've made some preliminary estimates from S2 (data: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...)

📢 New blog! Read about @lekaa-shree.bsky.social's work on dataset scarcity & algorithmic bias in AI in healthcare. With collaborators in Cambridge & Uganda, Lekaa has examined challenges & is planning a virtual resources hub to improve bias mitigation strategies. bit.ly/41Shq7X

New perspective article discussing how we define natural hazards in today's world. Key message: a barrier between 'human' and 'natural' events is often unhelpful, and we must consider the interaction between multiple hazards in all cases. www.nature.com/articles/s44304-025-00071-w

Add a sprinkle of cumin seeds, coriander, and turmeric to your basalt then chill rapidly for a perfect pilau lava.

Our paper on the 2023 S. Lhonak GLOF & multihazard cascade, out today in Science! This ‘natural’ hazard had the fingerprints of human activity all over it: climate change, glacier retreat, permafrost degradation, and hydropower dam breach. Read here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

New paper led by Alex Dunant on innovative strategies for multihazard modelling! The approach uses a computationally efficient network-based model to simulate cascading interactions between hazards (e.g. earthquake-landslide) and the resulting impacts. Read more here: doi.org/10.5194/nhes...

Hello and great to see so many people already here! For those I haven't met yet, I am Max Van Wyk de Vries, Assistant Prof in Natural Hazards in Cambridge - here for the discussion on hazard, risk management, remote sensing, and all things science. More about what we do here: www.comhaz.com/home