The UK atmospheric research aircraft (the FAAM) will cease operations in one month's time due to a research 'pivot' by UKRI...
www.ukri.org/news/nerc-pi...
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The UK atmospheric research aircraft (the FAAM) will cease operations in one month's time due to a research 'pivot' by UKRI...
www.ukri.org/news/nerc-pi...
My blog post on Ailsa Craig, curling stones, and the weird minerals that make this rock unique. 🥌
Really cool video on curling and curling stones that I provided some info for. 🥌
One last blast for the PM crowd: Eruptions is back! I have resurrected my blog and I will start (mostly) regularly updating with volcano news, research and culture. Check it out: eruptions.site/2026/01/28/w...
Weak fountaining at the summit vents of Kīlauea on January 24, 2026.
We might be heading for the next eruptive episode at Kīlauea. Check out the action on the USGS livestream: www.youtube.com/live/gXKuUyK...
I just re-found the National Geographic episode on volcanoes that I used to watch nearly daily when I was like 6 years old!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TQN...
Mid 19th century photograph of Anna Gurney (1795–1857) as an elderly woman in a dark dress with a white lace collar and wearing a lace cap. She holds her spectacles in her right hand and sits in a wheelchair which she had used since childhood polio had paralysed her legs.
31 December 1795: birth of the remarkable Anna Gurney, Old English scholar, philologist, educator, abolitionist, philanthropist, with interests in botany, archaeology and geology. A contemporary of Mary Anning, she collected fossils from the Pleistocene Cromer Forest Bed on the north Norfolk coast.
Festive fountaining! New eruption from Kilauea. www.youtube.com/live/tk0tfYD... link to two other live cameras in feed description.
Indeed.
I’ve reached that slightly rage-y stage of my term. The I-just-spotted-a-typo people. I see you.
Regarding news articles today on a new paper linking the Black Death to post-volcanic cooling in the Mediterranean, our reconstruction shows it was cooler during that time (e.g. 1346 CE, following a 1345 tropical eruption) but not severely so (summer temperature anomalies vs. 1338-1340 CE baseline)
Final Registration for the VMSG Annual Meeting 2026 is fast approaching. Abstract deadline has been extended until Friday 8 Dec. We aim to inform registrants of their presentation type (talk/poster) & time slot by 12 Dec.
We look forward to welcoming you all to Southampton!
The second is a 40 month Postdoctoral Research Associate in numerical modelling of volcanic conduit flow, University of Manchester. Closing date – 9 January 2026
Both positions would suit researchers from applied mathematics, physics or fluids/engineering backgrounds
#HEJobs
Two PDRA openings in modelling of volcanic flows and fluids, as part of @volcanojenni.bsky.social new NERC Large Grant 'Ex-X Expecting the Unexpected'.
The first: 24 month, Senior Research Associate post in Volcanic Plume Modelling, University of Bristol. Closing date – 11 Dec #HEJobs
We did it by moving beads on the end of giant poles in the year of the pandemic (like the iconic images of women tracking the planes progress during ww2) to keep us apart but together. Added a dramatic edge to the differentiating magma.
A red book, with graphics and text in gold: Volcanoes. 10 things you should know. By Dr Rebecca Williams
The Whispers of Rock; Stories from the Earth
Looking for a geological present for the Earth lovers around you?
You should!
My favs this year:
🌋"Volcanoes; 10 things you should know", by Dr Rebecca Williams @volcanologist.bsky.social.
🪨 "The whispers of rock", by @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social Dr Anjana Khatwa.
#science #geology #booksky ⚒️🧪📖
“The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free.“
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
Let me know if any old materials would be helpful starting points!
You still never know when a random act of internet kindness lights up your rainy day! 😊
Awww! Thanks Nathan! That’s so kind and so cheerful of you to share! I see you are in environmental research! Well done!
Super cool--the role of (even very small) earthquakes in subsurface microbiology!
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Check out the brand new EPIC TRAILER for Every Rock Has A Story in Hawaii. My son made this trailer all by himself... I hope you enjoy it. Please share with parents, teachers, kids and encourage them to take a peek when these new episodes post starting in December!
youtu.be/hcLWkOQsCcU
This is a good goood moment!
Oh this is such a glorious watch. Thanks for recommending @cash4questions.bsky.social and oh oh oh @volcanojenni.bsky.social @davidpyle.bsky.social your game appears in episode six. I clapped with glee when I realised it was indeed Volcano Top Trumps 🥰
Go watch.
🔴 ⚠️ 🌋 🛰️ Following the historical eruption of #HayliGubbi in #Ethiopia on Nov.23, changes are evident in the volcano with two new small craters, as seen in this before/after comparison of #Sentinel2 images,with also a large amount of ash covering the old lava field. #copernicus
Kīlauea is erupting! 🌋 Here’s a link to one of the three @USGS live cams - enjoy! www.youtube.com/live/tk0tfYD...
The Hayli Gubbi tephra has been sampled. These are photos from my sampling expedition on 24 Nov with the University of Semera from around 10 km north of Hayli Gubbi @sorcerinsar.bsky.social @alarosa.bsky.social
🔴⚠️🌋🇪🇹After more than 10000 years,the 1st historical #eruption of #HayliGubbi #volcano has occurred in E. #Ethiopia, producing an eruptive column that reached more than 18km of height on Nov.23.⬇️Meteosat12 animation of RGB Ash product of the huge gas & ash plume moving eastward.
Fascinating and timely work on the intrusion that preceded the #HayliGubbi eruption - this will turn out to be a very valuable example for volcanologists!
