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UCL Hazard Centre
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The UCL Hazard Centre in the Department of Earth Sciences at University College London is one of Europe’s leading multidisciplinary academic centres for hazard and risk research, education and knowledge exchange.
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Congratulations to UCL Hazard Centre affiliate David Smart for being awarded The Gordon Manley Weather Award by the Royal Meteorological Society for his work done on the editorial board of their journal Weather. www.rmets.org/rmets-awards... @rmets.org @es-ucl.bsky.social
Royal Meteorological Society
The Royal Meteorological Society is the Learned and Professional Society for weather and climate. Our mission is to promote the understanding and application of meteorology for the benefit of all.
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São Miguel has a long history of volcanic activity, producing eruptions that have varied in style from effusive to highly explosive. On Day 3 of our field trip, students learn about the mechanisms and hazards associated with monogenetic volcanism and caldera-forming eruptions. @es-ucl.bsky.social
Soil diffuse degassing can be a significant hazard on parts of the Azores. On Day 2 of our field trip, our students had a go at taking soil carbon dioxide concentration and flux measurements to investigate the problem. @es-ucl.bsky.social
On the first day of our MSc Geophysical Hazards field trip to the Azores, our students visited the Research Institute for Volcanology and Risk Assessment (IVAR) to learn about long-term monitoring and management of hazards across the archipelago. 🌋 @es-ucl.bsky.social
For our final student blog article, Salmah Bouriche investigates India’s social vulnerability to the 2018 Kerala floods. Enjoy… www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
Beyond the Deluge: How the 2018 Kerala Floods Revealed Deep Community Vulnerabilities
by Salmah Bouriche
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Our second student blog article by Koh Yi Fan examines differences in vulnerability between tourists and local miners at Kawah Ijen volcano in Indonesia. Read it here… www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical... 🌋
Kawah Ijen: The Danger of Its ‘Quiet’ Years
by Koh Yi Fan
ucl.ac.uk
Our students have been writing blog articles on social vulnerability to natural hazards, and this week we will be sharing links to three of them. The first, written by Sreenidhi Prabagaran, explores Guatemala’s vulnerability to the 2018 eruption at Volcán de Fuego... www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical... 🌋
Fuego 2018: The Vulnerabilities That Shaped a Disaster
by Sreenidhi Prabagaran
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Our MSc student Hannah Dixon participated in the eighth UN Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction forum last week. Held in Geneva, the event enabled participants to share new knowledge, exchange best practice and discuss the latest developments in reducing disaster risk. @es-ucl.bsky.social
@es-ucl.bsky.social are advertising for a full-time permanent lectureship in Earth Sciences. You can find out more about the position (and apply) here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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On the fourth day of our field trip, students learnt about landslide hazards and mitigation at Ribeira Quente. ⛰️ @es-ucl.bsky.social
On the third day of our Azores field trip, we learnt about structural controls on volcanism, including the formation and hazards associated with calderas and monogenetic fields. Here is the group stood in Sete Cidades caldera on the western margin of São Miguel. @es-ucl.bsky.social
On the second day of our field trip to the Azores, students had a go at taking soil carbon dioxide concentration and flux measurements to investigate soil diffuse degassing, which can be a significant hazard on parts of the island here. @es-ucl.bsky.social
On the first day of our MSc Geophysical Hazards field trip to the Azores, our students walked in a lava tube and discussed the hazards associated with lava flows and lava-water interaction. @es-ucl.bsky.social 🌋
The education secretary is being urged for climate change to be comprehensively included in the school curriculum, in an open letter sent by subject experts including specialists in @es-ucl.bsky.social. You can read the letter and add your name at: www.globalactionplan.org.uk/news/150-lea...
150 leading climate scientists and academics sign open letter to Bridget Phillipson MP – add your name now
We mobilise people and organisations to take action on the systems that harm us and our planet
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For our final student blog article, Ruby Tavola explores Fiji's vulnerability to Cyclone Winston in 2016. Enjoy: www.ucl.ac.uk/earth-scienc... @es-ucl.bsky.social
Vulnerability to Natural Hazards
Spotlights: Social vulnerability; Hazard exposure and resilience; natural hazards.
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Our second student blog article by Ella Hunter-Campbell looks at issues of social vulnerability and resilience exposed by the 2003 Bam earthquake in Iran. Check it out here... www.ucl.ac.uk/earth-scienc... @es-ucl.bsky.social
Vulnerability to Natural Hazards
Spotlights: Social vulnerability; Hazard exposure and resilience; natural hazards.
ucl.ac.uk
Our students have been writing blogs on vulnerability to natural hazards, and this week we will be sharing links to three of them. The first, written by Sébastien Schillé, explores Colombia's vulnerability to the 1985 eruption of Nevado del Ruiz: www.ucl.ac.uk/earth-scienc... @es-ucl.bsky.social
Vulnerability to Natural Hazards
Spotlights: Social vulnerability; Hazard exposure and resilience; natural hazards.
ucl.ac.uk
Amid ongoing Santorini unrest, re-plugging our recent pre-print: "Leaky faults modulated magma ascent and seismicity during the 2022 São Jorge (Azores) volcanic unrest" eartharxiv.org/repository/v... (featuring @pablojglez.bsky.social @alomaxnet.bsky.social amongst others). Feedback & ideas welcome
We are in Nicosia to present our interdisciplinary project with NYU-Gallatin (learningwithmountainsconference.wordpress.com). We are applying research theatre to explain the nature of unseen natural hazards. Photo shows Ellada Evangelou, Karen Holmberg, Kristin Horton. @es-ucl.bsky.social
We are seeking a Lecturer (Teaching) to act as Deputy Undergraduate Tutor and to assist with delivering our taught programmes (particularly in areas of environmental geoscience and environmental geochemistry). www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... Deadline: 14.02.2025
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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New Paper Alert! UCL Hazard Centre affiliate, David Smart, has been investigating Storm Ciarán using a counterfactual analysis. Check out the paper here: rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @rmets.org
Counterfactual analysis of Storm Ciarán from an insurance viewpoint
Storm Ciarán (2023) led to large industry-wide insurance losses, concentrated in northern France, with a smaller contribution from southern UK. In a simplified application of the full version of Core...
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