By observing the tree-ring-like growth records present in volcanic crystals, geologists are able to track volcanic activity and reconstruct the steps leading up to eruptions.
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Satellite imagery reveals a dramatic shift on Sertung Island following Anak Krakatau’s eruption. As lush greenery turns to ash, a new natural laboratory emerges for studying the birth of soil.
Anybody within the eruption zone would be pulverised by blasts, crisped by the heat, or asphyxiated by ash.
When environmental crises cross borders, government communication become crucial to managing their impacts and protecting Indonesia’s international reputation.
A new study unearths the deep Earth connection between Lord Howe Island and its sibling chain of drowned volcanoes.
Africa has some of the world’s most important geological landscapes, yet they remain under-represented in digital geoheritage research.
It’s hard to overstate just how big the 1883 eruptions were, and the catastrophic and often strange impacts that followed. For starters, the Moon went blue.
Underwater sound signals created by 2022’s enormous Hunga eruption have pointed scientists to a new way to warn people of unpredictable volcanic tsunamis.
AI models could spot volcanic eruptions earlier – and new research says the lives saved make the occasional false alarm worth the price.
From scary headlines to recycled eruption videos, new research reveals how common misconceptions can fuel misinformation about volcanoes.
This year alone, the Philippines’ volcano monitoring agency has recorded 18 eruptive events at Taal Volcano – but they haven’t been the kind you might expect.
Today, plate tectonics carry water into Earth’s depths. But this deep water cycle goes back much further.
Volcanologist Martin Mangler explains how volcanic eruptions work to push lava into the air. Listen on the The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast.
An underwater eruption has spread vast ‘rafts’ of pumice through the Bismarck Sea, hampering marine travel and wreaking uncertain long-term consequences.
An Earth scientist reviews Julian Charrière’s new exhibition spanning volcanoes, glacial rocks, and humans’ short yet impactful role in geological time.
New research into the ancient Whakamaru supereruption reveals how multiple underground magma systems combined to unleash one of Earth’s most explosive events.
A newly-dated geological timescale will help scientists connect NZ’s deep past to present day hazards, climate change and biodiversity.
In regions like the Pacific, South America and Indonesia, an eruption from a volcano with no recorded history occurs every seven to ten years.
New research suggests that a mystery platinum signature found in Greenland’s ice may have come from a volcanic eruption in Iceland.
For archaeologists, fossils sandwiched between volcanic ash layers are invaluable as geological time stamps.
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Senior Curator of Geosciences, Museums Victoria Research Institute; Monash University
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Volcanologist, Lancaster University
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Igneous Petrology/Volcanology, The University of Queensland
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PhD researcher in Volcanology, UCL
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Reader in Physical Geography and Natural Hazards, Coventry University
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Professor in Earth Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Emeritus Professor of Mineral Physics, University of Cambridge
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Lecturer in Volcanology, University of Hull
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Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University
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Emeritus professor in geology, Australian National University
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Professor in Earth & Climate Science, University of Southampton
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Assistant Lecturer in Volcanology, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Geography, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Associate Professor of Geology, University of Richmond
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Associate Professor of Geosciences; Director for the Boise State Hazard and Climate Resilience Institute, Boise State University