Press office news tagged volcanoes

Explosive activity at La Soufriere, an active volcano on St Vincent, in 2021

£3.7m study aims to improve understanding and detection of dangerous volcanic eruptions

University of Plymouth news: Researchers from our School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences are part of a major new project that aims to shed light on dangerous shifts in volcanic activity

Dr Paul Cole, Associate Professor of Volcanology and a lecturer on the University of Plymouth’s Earth Sciences programmes, who has won the 2026 VMSG Award from the Geological Society of London

Lecturer receives award acknowledging outstanding contribution to volcanology

University of Plymouth news: Dr Paul Cole, Associate Professor of Volcanology and a lecturer on our Earth Sciences programmes, has received a prestigious award from the Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group (VMSG) of the Geological Society of London

Greg Price, Rhodri Jerrett and Lauren O’Connor conducting fieldwork at West Bijou

Giant volcanic eruptions affected Earth’s climate but were not responsible for dinosaur extinction, study suggests

University of Plymouth news: New research involving scientists at the University aims to enhance our understanding of a turbulent period of Earth’s history

Abrupt climate change ~450-440 million years ago caused the demise of the trilobite, Selenopeltis (pictured, in Oxford University Museum of Natural History). Photograph: Dr Tom Gernon

Volcanic eruptions drove severe mass extinction, say scientists

New research involving the University of Plymouth examined the effects of volcanism on ocean chemistry during a period of extreme environmental change around 450 million years ago.

GettyImages-488392365 volcano island

Research expedition aims to reveal hidden secrets of volcanic tsunamis

With funding from the Natural Environment Research Council, researchers from the University of Plymouth will spend several days on the Aeolian island of Stromboli this spring assessing the impacts of a volcanic eruption on July 3, 2019

By BenAveling (Own work) via Wikimedia Commons

Did highest known sea levels create the iconic shape of Mount Etna?

After scientists revealed Mount Etna is slowly sliding into the Mediterranean Sea, research by Professor Iain Stewart from the University of Plymouth suggests the sea may have played a major role in the development of its iconic shape

Volcan de Colima

Study attributes varying explosivity to gaseous state within volcanoes

Plymouth University news: The varying scale and force of certain volcanic eruptions are directly influenced by the levels of gaseous matter within magma inside a volcano’s conduit, according to a new study led by Plymouth University

St Vincent

Video game to help islanders understand volcano's power

Plymouth University news: The inhabitants of a Caribbean island will soon be able to learn more about the volcano which towers over their homes thanks to a video game created at Plymouth University