On The Conversation, a fast - expanding website in which scientists and scholars fill the gap left as conventional news operations shrink, there's a superb look at the Tavurvur eruption by Robin Wylie, a doctoral student in
volcanology at University College London (@rwylie9 on Twitter).
A team of researchers in Russia - including scientists at St. Petersburg State University, the Institute of
Volcanology at the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the firm Mechanobr - Analit in St.
Not exact matches
«But some of these areas, in particular the Campi Flegrei, are densely populated and therefore even small eruptions, which are the most probable, fortunately, can pose risks for the population,» said De Natale, from the Vesuvius observatory
at Italy's National Institute for Geophysics and
Volcanology.
«It's really interesting to see the dynamic evolution that the model predicts, and how it explains what we observe on the surface,» says Simone Atzori, a geophysicist
at the National Institute of Geophysics and
Volcanology in Rome, who was not involved with the study.
And the problem was also partly a breakdown of communication between researchers, policymakers, and the public regarding the possibility of a volcanic crisis, writes Clive Oppenheimer, a
volcanology and remote sensing lecturer
at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, in a commentary published in The Geographical Journal.
«The field of
volcanology is quite a long way behind fields like meteorology, in terms of developing forecasts,» says David Pyle, a volcanologist
at the University of Oxford.
Meanwhile, on the ground, earth scientists from the National Institute of Geophysics and
Volcanology in Italy are taking aim
at the volcano with spectrometers, which measure the types and amounts of gases spewing from its mouth.
As for the idea that the smaller tremors reduce the risk by releasing energy, Bertolaso insisted that he had heard it from scientists
at the Italian National Institute for Geophysics and
Volcanology (INGV), and that he had used the same phrase in the past without being corrected by any of his seismology consultants.
The legacy of the L'Aquila trial has complicated the problem, says Andrea Tertulliani, a geologist
at the National Institute of Geophysics and
Volcanology in Rome.
Controversy has erupted in Italy following the news that Domenico Giardini, who had announced late last year that he was to resign as president of the National Institute of Geophysics and
Volcanology (INGV), may now stay on in his job if a way can be found to supplement his income with that from a specially created professorship
at the Sapienza University of Rome.
Intriguingly, the part of the subduction zone that broke was not the part that had built up the most stress, according to a ground - motion study of northern Chile's seismic gap by Marianne Métois, a geophysicist
at the National Institute of Geophysics and
Volcanology in Rome, and her colleagues (M. Métois et al.Geophys.
«The activity of Mount Agung has entered the magmatic eruption phase,» Gede Suantika, an official
at the
volcanology and geological disaster mitigation agency, told Reuters.
A reminder that the Bali volcanologists
at the Center for
Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (CVGHM), and emergency officials
at Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) should be the sole sources of information about Agung, as they have all the information and expertise.
Authorities from the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry's
Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center (PVMBG) visited the villages following reports from local residents» to authorities
at the Mount Agung monitoring station.
The
Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Agency (PVMBG) said the alert status for Mt. Agung remained
at level 3, with a 4 km exclusion zone declared around the crater.
He said the decision had been made during the evaluation meeting to discuss reports from the
Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG), the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) and the Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) in Darwin as well as pilots» observation and tests conducted
at the airport.
The
Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center (PVMBG) indicated on Monday that an eruption
at Mount Agung in Bali could be imminent given its increasing seismic activity.
Magma
at Mount Agung in Bali has moved upward, indicated by the release of water vapor from its crater, in addition to increased seismic activity, the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry's
Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center (PVMBG) reported on Monday.
«Our preparedness will be the key for the mitigations of volcanic risks,» Devy Kamil, a senior official
at Indonesia's Center for
Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation, told AFP.
Ukstins Peate — along with Sam Saltzman, a Master of Science student in Geoscience focusing on geochemistry and paleoclimatology from Lake Forest, Illinois, and Brennan van Alderwerelt, a doctoral student in
volcanology and igneous petrology from Portland, Oregon — spent two weeks
at Laguna Lejía in October 2014.