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Dr Janine Krippner

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Kiwi volcanologist working on Ngāuruhoe (Mt Doom) in NZ, the 2021 La Palma/Tajogaite eruption impacts, seafloor geologic hazards I 'On Shaky Ground' writer

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Dr Janine Krippner @janinekrippner.bsky.social · 20d

I'm giving social media a go after a hiatus, so hi! I'm a Kiwi volcanologist working on Ngāuruhoe (Mt Doom) in NZ, the 2021 La Palma/Tajogaite eruption impacts, seafloor geologic hazards, & collaborate w. @geotenerife.bsky.social.
More on my work here: janinekrippner.weebly.com
Nice to meet you❤️🌋

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Dr Janine Krippner @janinekrippner.bsky.social · 14d

Some pretty volcano art for our feeds 🥰

J9 Artist @j9graphics.bsky.social · 15d

Hi Janine,
I finished my Mt. Hood painting! I drew it on my iPad.
I ordered a print of it on Printful, on canvas.
After I get it I then post it on Etsy.
I make hand drawn marks on the print I ordered, and sell that too, but not on Etsy.
Here is 8x10” version, will be 14” x 11” on Etsy.

Mt. Hood, Oregon. It has only been active a few times as a volcano over the past 4,000 years. There is a ufo in the painting.

The medium is mostly watercolor but drawn on my iPad. Will be on Etsy soon! First in series of volcanoes.

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Scott Bachmeier @wisc-satellite.bsky.social · 17d

#GOES18/#GOESWest True Color RGB images revealed another well-defined episode of resuspended volcanic ash (from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta-Katmai) being transported across the Shelikof Strait and over parts of Kodiak Island: geosphere.ssec.wisc.edu#playing:true...; #AKwx

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Dr Janine Krippner @janinekrippner.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you 🥰

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Dr Janine Krippner @janinekrippner.bsky.social · 18d

Thank you 🥰

Dr Janine Krippner @janinekrippner.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you 🥰

Dr Janine Krippner @janinekrippner.bsky.social · 19d

In my experience, the worst of the worst come out of the UK when it comes to garbage, fearmongering headlines about geohazards 🙄

Dr Janine Krippner @janinekrippner.bsky.social · 19d

Humanity after a tsunami

"Each of the locals conveyed a unified message: their desire to see the human race come together."

Full article: www.teawamutunews.nz/2025/09/huma...
#Scicomm #tsunami #hazards #disaster

One of the best parts of my work with GeoTenerife in the Canary Islands is working with students.
One who stood out immediately was Leah Gomm from the United Kingdom. Her bubbly personality made an impression right away, and it didn’t take long for me to learn of her passion for tsunamis, particularly the catastrophic 2004 Boxing Day event.

Earlier this year, Leah visited Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka, and spoke to locals about their experiences, firing up her enthusiasm for helping people. This was the area where the tsunami collided with the ‘Queen of the Sea’ train, claiming more than 1000 lives.

While we name it the ‘Boxing Day Tsunami’, the Buddhist community were preparing to celebrate ‘Poya (full moon) Day’, a national holiday. Children are commonly sent to inland temples. That resulted in many lives being saved that day; however, many were also orphaned. While they were practicing their religion in the morning, the waves were sweeping away their homes and families.

Leah shared her story of meeting a tuk-tuk driver who had tragically lost his grandparents, mother, little sister, and his home. He took Leah to significant sites, including an 18.5-meter-high Buddha statue that marks the height of one of the tsunami waves. Leah reflected, “You’re an ant in comparison to the height of these waves.” After the emotional journey, Leah attempted to tip the tuk-tuk driver, but he refused, saying, “We want humanity, not money.” He expressed his hope for people to unite and learn about nature’s overwhelming forces.

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Dr Janine Krippner @janinekrippner.bsky.social · 19d

I'll use this thread to share my #scicomm writing from the past few years 😊 I have a weekly newspaper column, 'On Shaky Ground', printed in 3 community papers and posted online. I cover a range of hazards topics in the hope that something helps someone, my way of giving back to my home.

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Dr Janine Krippner @janinekrippner.bsky.social · 19d

Ooh thank you!

Dr Janine Krippner @janinekrippner.bsky.social · 19d

I have thought about all of you SO many times over the years. It is sparking so much joy seeing the familiar names here 😊

Dr Janine Krippner @janinekrippner.bsky.social · 19d

Great work everyone! Goodness it seems like yesterday and also 1,000 years since the first one huh?

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Dr Janine Krippner @janinekrippner.bsky.social · 20d

It's great to see you here! 😊

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Mount St. Helens in 1980 @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social · 20d

#MSH45 | May 18, 1980 — 8:32 a.m.
Geologists Dorothy and Keith Stoffel, with pilot Bruce Judson, make a final pass over Mount St. Helens. A M5.1 quake strikes. Ice and rock collapse into the crater.

Below them, the north face heaves—then gives way. The largest landslide in recorded history begins.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @erikklemetti.bsky.social · 20d

The new Eruptions newsletter is out! Lots of stuff about the resuspended ash in Alaska and Washington, a deep dive into resurgent calderas and satellite views of Russian lava flows: eruptions.beehiiv.com/p/eruptions-...