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Kiwi Volcanologist working on Mt. Doom (Ngāuruhoe) & more I Hon. Associate Researcher @waikato I Kindness Matters #WomeninSTEM
Jan 17, 2022 8 tweets 2 min read
I'm still coming to terms with how huge this event is. This was possibly the biggest eruption in 30 years. This produced a Pacific-wide tsunami triggered by a volcanic eruption, we havn't watched that before. Information from impacted communities is desperately bad. This is huge. We do not have information coming from a monitoring agency. We do not have monitoring equipment trying to see what will happen next. We cannot even see the vent! This is not normal. We have unmonitored eruptions for sure, this is impacting people and we are blind.
Jan 15, 2022 56 tweets 24 min read
Bloody hell I hope everyone is okay over there. For more information on Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano go here: volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn… Images of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption from the Tonga Meteorological Service: facebook.com/tongametservice ImageImage
Sep 19, 2021 12 tweets 5 min read
An eruption at La Palma has begun. For official information follow this account below. Be extra diligent with misinformation & rumors. Eruptions impact lives & the wrong information causes harm.

A fissure eruption with lava fountaining and lava flows: The official volcanology team is working hard to monitor this eruption and relay updates. You can see early moments of the La Palma eruption here (with a very clear message in all caps). Follow this account:
Sep 17, 2021 8 tweets 5 min read
1/ It breaks my heart to see the fear that rumors bring. Volcanic activity happens all the time, around 40-50 ongoing eruptions, most small. La Palma/Cumbre Vieja is now getting the mega-tsunami fear treatment. Please be careful. This is a good read: blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/… 2/ As you can see this was written in 2013, because this sort of rumor circulates periodically. One week it's Yellowstone, the next it's a mega-tsunami. Why? Your fear means you click, that brings people money. Another response: debunkingdoomsday.quora.com/Debunked-At-ri…
Mar 19, 2020 9 tweets 7 min read
Hey Twitter family! What do you want to know about volcanoes? What topics could brighten your day for a few moments? Let me know below! ❤🌋😸
Let's get through this together 💪 #VolcanoMoments #1!
I chat with Mike Poland at @USGSVolcanoes asking if there is would be any potential impact on Yellowstone from the #UtahEarthquake.
Yellowstone info: volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/yell…
Feb 28, 2020 15 tweets 14 min read
#Masaya volcano is one of the most active volcanoes in Nicaragua. With a very active past, there is now a lava lake in the Santiago crater.

More about Masaya at @SmithsonianGVP: volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn… The active #Masaya crater formed in 1858-59. It's now the site of vigorous degassing incl. SO2 (sulfur dioxide) & the ~1000°C lava lake. You can see older lava flows in the crater wall.

More: volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn…

More on SO2 & temp by @tompering: eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/142721/1/feart…
Dec 1, 2017 24 tweets 5 min read
Thread:
Official report - Recent Developments with #Agung Activities (1 December 2017 21:00 WITA) via @id_magma
(Translated using Google, clarified/edited by me): magma.vsi.esdm.go.id/press/view.php… 1/n * Monitoring Data Analysis *
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After undergoing a volcanic earthquake swarm over the period Sept-Oct 2017, finally on 21 November 2017 at 17:05 WITA the phase of eruption of Mount Agung evolved to produce volcanic ash as high as 700 m above the peak.
Nov 28, 2017 11 tweets 3 min read
Thread: @BNPB_Indonesia #Agung update by @Sutopo_BNPB
Magmatic eruption of Agung continues with ash plume heights to 2,500 - 3,000 m above the volcano.
facebook.com/HumasBNPB/post… Incandescence from lava is visible in the crater at night. Tremor is continuous. Alert level remains at IV, the highest level.
PVMBG continues to record increasing volcanic activity. The potential for a larger eruption is increasing.
Nov 27, 2017 35 tweets 6 min read
Thread: Increased Status of #Agung, Bali From Level Ill (SIAGA) to Level IV (AWAS) by @id_magma magma.vsi.esdm.go.id/press/view.php…
(translated using Google, translations corrected by me) #Agung experienced inflation before the phreatic eruption of November 21, 2017 and inflation is also still recorded by a tiltmeter installed 4 km from the peak of Agung in the South. This indicates sufficiently strong pressure towards the surface.
Oct 21, 2017 6 tweets 2 min read
Thread: 21.10.17 #Agung volcano in #Bali remains on Alert level IV esdm.go.id/id/media-cente… For the status to decrease, comprehensive analysis of all seismic data, deformation, geochemistry, & remote sensing satellite data is needed