This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Natural Environment Research Council, which is the main source of research funding for academic scientists in the UK working on problems related to the Earth and Environmental Sciences. To mark this occasion, NERC have provided funding for activities that will take place across the UK to celebrate […]
Living under the volcano
What is it like to live through a volcanic eruption? What happened to the place you call home? And how did the experience affect you, your family and friends, and everyone else in the neighbourhood? In a set of three wonderful new films made for the STREVA project, Vincentians talk about the moment in April 1979, when […]
Volcano Top Trumps
London Volcano Review: A Caribbean Perspective
Guest Post from Alia Juman, Research Assistant at The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. “When you think of the Caribbean, you just think white sand and blue waters, not volcanoes.” This was the most popular refrain I heard throughout the week at the London Volcano exhibition. And the public […]
Day 5 & Week Recap
First and foremost, thank you to all the volunteers and visitors who made the London Volcano exhibit at UUK Week 2014 such a massive success! We estimate that we had a footfall of approximately 2,500 visitors throughout the week. We had visitors from as near as across the road, and as far as France and Texas! […]