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Dr James Hickey ๐๐ช๐บ
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Volcanologist ๐ | Geophysicist | Associate Professor @ Uni of Exeter, Dept Earth & Environmental Sciences | SciComm & Outreach | ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐๐ด๐ผโโ๏ธ๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธ๐คธ๐๐ผโโ๏ธโท๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธ
It was great to chat about Sakurajima volcano with Michael Portillo last year in Japan for his current BBC TV show ๐ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ต. If you didn't catch my fleeting appearance on BBC 2 last night, it's available on iPlayer at: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
We need to change how we publish science! New article with @camthomas.bsky.social : โDiamond is the new Green: why Green OA is not sustainable long-term.โ About 15 min, perfect for a weekend reading with a coffee: @sedimentologika.bsky.social ๐ doi.org/10.57035/jou...
In 2017 we went to the Diamond Light Source to test if we could make obsidian by slowly cooling bubbly magma inducing resorption of the bubbles. We found that we could, so long as the cooling was very slow. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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!
Today, we're launching our advanced volcanic ash forecasting service to reduce aviation disruption. In 2010, Eyjafjallajรถkull closed much of Europe's airspace; our new service could halve such disruption and keep skies open during future eruptions. Read more: www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
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๐จ new paper and proud supervisor moment ๐จ A former 4th year undergraduate research project student has published her work: www.jvolcanica.org/ojs/index.ph... Social sensing the 2018 Kฤซlauea Volcanic eruption through community Facebook use #volcanology #risk #hazards ๐งชโ๏ธ๐
Social sensing the 2018 Kฤซlauea Volcanic eruption through community Facebook use | Volcanica
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๐จ New Paper Day ๐จ Benchmarking and testing poroelastic dynamic magma mush volcano deformation models - one for all the magma mush or volcano deformation enthusiasts out there ๐โ๏ธ๐งช Thread ๐งต below โฌ๏ธ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #volcano #geophysics #modelling #volcanology #magma
Benchmarking and testing poroelastic dynamic magma mush volcano deformation models
Volcano deformation studies provide crucial insights into magmatic processes, offering a key perspective on the dynamics of magma reservoirs and theirโฆ
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Looking for your next professional adventure? Here's your opportunity! โจ Apply for this Associate Professor position in Sustainable Earth Energy before the 31st Oct. 2025 and join the Durham University Department of Earth Sciences! Find out more๐ durham.taleo.net/careersectio... #DUJobs #Hiring
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100% this. Also, when papers spend weeks (or more) waiting for someone to tick a box to move it to the next stage of the process, and then they demand comments on proofs within 3 days and with no regard for a weekendโฆ!
Bipedal Meatbag@bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social ยท 10mo agoIf journals want me to give a shit about their time to publication metric, they can pay my ass to edit/review and offer an incentive to publish with them. People who get my effort for free donโt get to make demands on timeliness.
I'm hiring a new post-doc to work on the @rottnrock.bsky.social project! Come help us understand hydrothermal alteration and volcanic hazards! Advert here: www.unistra.fr/universite/t... ๐ธ Recent ROTTnROCK trip to Mombacho, Nicaragua ๐
Super interesting stuff! Check. It. Out! ๐๐ผ
Jamie Farquharson@farquharson.bsky.social ยท 10mo agoOnce upon a time, the platform formerly known as Twitter was a vibrant meeting-place where scientists, the public, official orgs and more besides could exchange knowledge. I set out to find out how effective it could be for disseminating geoscience info Skip to the paper โ doi.org/10.1038/s432...
New paper! The last of Eloรฏse Bretagne's PhD papers is out! Here we generalize our models for permeability to magma mush at any melt fraction. Take a look if you want to model percolative flow of melt through a magma mush and if you want to account for crystal shape. OA: dx.doi.org/10.1029/2025...
โ๏ธ ๐งช Another big addition to the remarkable M8.8 earthquake sequence offshore Kamchatka: a M7.8 - the biggest aftershock so far. With foreshocks, aftershocks, aftershocks of foreshocks, and foreshocks of aftershocks, it's hard to keep these earthquakes straight! Read more about what's going on:
M 7.8 strikes offshore Kamchatka
Another big addition to a remarkable earthquake sequence
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AI iS gOiNG tO TaKE oVeR tHE W0rLd...
This one will have to go front facing on the bookshelf! ๐ ๐
Rebecca Williams@volcanologist.bsky.social ยท last yr.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
Really disappointing new policy from NERC banning resubmissions of grant applications Many of us, including me, have won grants on resubmission, using the reviews to improve the application This is is neither fair nor productive www.ukri.org/councils/ner...
NERC policy on resubmissions
This policy only applies to research grant applications.
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NERC: We need to open up environmental science! Why is it not diverse? Also NERC: We're scrapping Independent Research Fellowships, New Investigator Grants, Small Grants, are limiting applications from institutions based on past success rates and will only allow you to submit your proposal once.
To find out more, check out our Open Access paper, just published in JVGR: ๐ฅณ doi.org/10.1016/j.jv... Featuring: @jameshickey77.bsky.social and others not on BlueSky! 6/6
Wow, what an interesting study! An early takeaway from me: we have a long way to go to ensure research being done on volcanoes is connected to the academic communities rooted in the areas affected by their eruptions. This is also a helpful jumping off point for discussions about fieldwork ethics.
Dr James Hickey ๐๐ช๐บ@jameshickey77.bsky.social ยท last yr.๐จ How far are volcanologists from volcanoes? ๐๐จ Check out our new paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1.... What started as a conversation about whether we at @exeter.ac.uk (in Cornwall, UK) are further from volcanoes than our global colleagues turned into an exploration of a fruitful data set!
๐จ How far are volcanologists from volcanoes? ๐๐จ Check out our new paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1.... What started as a conversation about whether we at @exeter.ac.uk (in Cornwall, UK) are further from volcanoes than our global colleagues turned into an exploration of a fruitful data set!
What a week at #IAVCEI2025, and what a bunch of closing ceremony-after party survivors ๐บ๐๐ผ๐ชฉ @iavcei.bsky.social
We are thrilled to announce that the next IAVCEI Scientific Assembly will be held in Costa Rica! ๐จ๐ท A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us in #IAVCEI2025 in Switzerland. We look forward to seeing you all again in #IAVCEI2029. Welcome to Costa Rica!
If youโre interested in hydrothermal sealing and explosions, check out my #IAVCEI25 @iavcei.bsky.social poster today! Number 29! ๐
