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News in 2011

Underwater eruption off the coast of El Hierro

7 December 2011

An eruption has started off the coast of El Hierro, the smallest of the Canary Islands. Dr Jo Gottsmann is interviewed about the activity.

Science writing award - current PhD student

1 November 2011

Elspeth Robertson was runner-up in the National Centre for Earth Observation article writing competetion. Her article entitled 'Africa's Awakening Volcanoes' will be published in a forthcoming issue of the NCEO Blue Marble Magazine.

Kathy Cashman comes to Bristol as an AXA Research Chair

19 October 2011

The Bristol Volcanology Group welcomes physical volcanologist Prof. Kathy Cashman from the University of Oregon. She will spend 3 years in Bristol thanks to a Research Chair funded by AXA.

Maria Janebo wins Curry MSc Prize

18 October 2011

Maria Janebo has been awarded the Curry Prize from the Geological Association for her MSc thesis

Prof Jon Blundy elected fellow of Academia Europaea

17 October 2011

Prof Jon Blundy is one of the 10 or so fellows from earth sciences in the UK to be elected to the "Academy of Europe"

Scientists warned of legal consequences of making predictions

14 September 2011

Prof Willy Aspinall encourages you to 'check your legal position before advising others' following the impending trial of seismologists in Italy

SPICE project announced at British Science Festival

14 September 2011

The SPICE (Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering) project was announced at the British Science Festival in Bradford, a collaborative effort between the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh and Oxford as well as Marshall Aerospace

Bristol volcanologists interviewed for Tribes of Science series on Radio 4

5 September 2011

Peter Curran's Tribes of Science series on BBC Radio 4 interviews volcanologists from the University of Bristol on what drives them to do what they do.

BRISK Summer School

27 July 2011

2011

Volcanology group members on Ash Advisory Board for Government

21 June 2011

Volcanologists to work with Sir John Beddington