Volcan01010

On the day that the chancellor delivered his budget, 15 March, I went on strike. I’d never been on strike before, so it was a big deal for me. The strikes were over low pay in the civil service...

https://all-geo.org/volcan01010/2023/03/why-i-went-on-strike-over-civil-servant-pay/

This is a guest post by Dr Morgan Jones, a Researcher in Volcanology at the Centre of Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED) at the University of Oslo, Norway. It describes his new study along with ...

https://all-geo.org/volcan01010/2017/07/volcanic-ash-layers-in-svalbard-hold-clues-to-the-formation-of-the-north-atlantic/

Seismic activity has been high at Katla during the past 24 hours.  The aviation colour code has been changed from green to yellow (Volcano is experiencing signs of elevated unrest above known ba...

https://all-geo.org/volcan01010/2016/09/recommended-sources-of-information-on-katla-volcano/

volcan01010 is taking part in Paige Brown Jarreau’s #SciBlogReaders study.  It aims to understand why people read science blogs.  If you have a few minutes spare between now and Halloween, pl...

https://all-geo.org/volcan01010/2015/10/a-sedimentologists-guide-to-volcanic-particle-grain-size-and-foetal-development/

This is a guest post by Anja Schmidt, an Academic Research Fellow at Leeds University, and Claire Witham of the Met Office’s Atmospheric Dispersion Group. It describes Anja’s paper quantifyin...

https://all-geo.org/volcan01010/2015/09/bardarbunga-satellites-and-computer-models-quantify-sulphur-dioxide-release/

EDIT: 2018-11-30 I have been running this laptop for 3 years now.  I love the keyboard and, with Linux, it is reasonably fast (for the size and price).  It also feels sturdy as I had hoped.  H...

https://all-geo.org/volcan01010/2015/07/installing-linux-on-lenovo-thinkpad-11e/

Ever since European airspace was temporarily shut down during the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull, aircraft in the region have been allowed to fly through parts of volcanic ash clouds where th...

https://all-geo.org/volcan01010/2015/05/how-big-are-the-grains-in-a-volcanic-ash-cloud/

Explosive eruptions can spread volcanic ash across continent-scale distances. Ash from the 2011 eruption of Chile’s Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano went right around the globe. The only realisti...

https://all-geo.org/volcan01010/2015/04/how-do-satellites-map-volcanic-ash-clouds/

There will be a solar eclipse visible in the UK on Friday (20 March), peaking at around 09:30-09:45 in the morning, depending on where you are.  This BBC News article describes when and where it...

https://all-geo.org/volcan01010/2015/03/how-to-watch-the-eclipse-on-the-side-of-your-car/

Four years!  Well, that’s gone by pretty quickly.  Check out this post for highlights from the last 12 months.  As always, expect Iceland, volcanoes, Python and open source software/GIS. Ice...

https://all-geo.org/volcan01010/2015/02/four-years-of-volcan01010-highlights-of-2014/